[1] Araújo resigned after Ignacio Gómez published in El Espectador the note "Chambacú, corral de empresarios",[2] in which he was accused of participating in a corrupt land deal.

Araújo spent several days in hiding without food or water until eventually finding help and then facing the press on January 5, 2007.

Araújo's brothers and sisters are Alberto Ignacio, Liana, Gerardo, Judith Elvira, Carolina, Juan Carlos and Rodrigo.

[8] Araújo had four sons from his first marriage; Manuel Santiago, Sergio Alejandro, Fernando Nicolás and Luis Ernesto.

Araújo found out about this upon his arrival to Cartagena on January 5, 2007, a few hours after being evacuated from the Montes de María jungle mountains in southern Bolivar.