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Jota Mario Valencia Jota Mario Valencia Jota Mario Valencia Yepes (born "Jorge Mario Valencia Yepes" in 1956) is a Colombian television presenter. He was born in Bogotá. He attended the Universidad de La Sabana in Bogotá and was one of the founders of the Colprensa news agency. He began in television in 1979, presenting the program "Valores Humanos" (Human Values) for Promec Televisión. In 1983, he began hosting Promec's "Noticiero Promec", which remained on the air for four years. He also was one of Caracol Televisión's most well-known personalities while that company was still a "programadora"; he hosted programs such as "Telesemana", "Cazadores