Ciro Arturo Pupo Castro (born April 11, 1961) in Barranquilla is a Colombian attorney, politician and former

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of the Colombian city of Valledupar. He was elected mayor as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He is the son of Edgardo Pupo Pupo and Nelly Castro Baute; his father was governor of the Department of

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and also mayor of Valledupar. Pupo is a

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graduated from the Saint Thomas Aquinas University with an MBA. He is a first cousin to

Rodrigo Tovar Pupo Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, (aka Jorge 40 his nom de guerre; born 19 November 1960) was born in Valledupar, Colombia. He was the leader of the Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. He demobilized with his two thousand men strong grou ...

(aka Jorge 40) a United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary leader.The New York Times: From Colombia's Upper Class, Rebel and His Foil Diverged
/ref> His first marriage was to Indira María Gutierrez, former pageant queen of Bambuco Pageant and Folkloric Festival. He has two children with her, Ciro Arturo y Sebastián de Jesús. He is currently married to Obeida Lucia Salgado Zequeda with whom he has one son, Oscar Miguel.

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Mayors of places in Colombia People from Valledupar Living people 1961 births 20th-century Colombian lawyers Colombian Liberal Party politicians {{Colombia-mayor-stub