Álvaro Araújo Castro [SEP] country of citizenship
Álvaro Araújo Castro
Álvaro Araújo Castro (born 7 November 1967) is a Colombian economist and former actor and Senator of Colombia. A Liberal politician, and leader of the ALAS-Team Colombia political movement, he was arrested and jailed in 2007 for participating in parapolitics. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was also a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1994 to 2001.
Career.
After graduating as Economist from the Externado University in Bogotá, 27-year-old Araújo ran for the Chamber of
Morris was accused by one witness of having ties to paramilitary groups. Congressman Álvaro García was one of his political mentors.
The Araújos.
The Araújos María Consuelo Araújo.
On November 15, 2006 the then Minister of Foreign Relations, María Consuelo Araújo, met with the Attorney General and her brother, Senator Álvaro Araújo Castro to inquire about the existence of any investigations against her family. Two days later her brother Álvaro was identified as part of the investigation. On November 22, minister Araújo publicly announced that the meeting