Mauricio Pimiento Barrera (born March 17, 1961) is a Colombian politician, former Senator of Colombia.
[2] On May 16, 2008, Colombian justice condemned Pimiento to 7 years in prison for conspiring with a terrorist group and electoral fraud.
[citation needed] Pimiento has been Secretary General and Sub-Director of the National Institute of Social Security and General Director of the Co-Financing Fund for the Rural Sector.
With the political support of the Araujo family in Valledupar he became Governor of the Cesar Department between 1995 and 1997.
[4] Pimiento was arrested February 16, 2007 after being involved in the Para-political scandal.