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AP interview: 15 years after Pablo Escobar’s death, son comes forward, asks forgiveness

AP interview: Pablo Escobar’s son asks forgiveness

Explosions of anti-personnel mines kill 3 adults, wound 2 children in Colombian family

3 Colombians die in anti-personnel mine blasts

Toronto awarded 2015 Pan American Games, beating out Bogota and Lima

Toronto awarded 2015 Pan American Games

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — The 2015 Pan American Games are going to Toronto.

Colombian navy seizes 2.5 tonnes of cocaine

BOGOTA - Colombia’s navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation’s Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.

FARC guerrilla wanted by US captured in Colombia

BOGOTA - A suspected member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), wanted by the US on terrorism charges, has been arrested, Colombian authorities said.

Colombia, US sign controversial military cooperation deal

BOGOTA - Colombia and the US signed Friday a controversial military deal granting the US use of seven military bases on Colombian soil.

Agreement signed to expand US military use of Colombian bases

Pact signed to expand US use of Colombia bases

Two teenagers killed in Colombian `military error’

BOGOTA - Two Colombian teenagers died after soldiers opened fire at them in the northwestern province of Antioquia, in what the soldiers’ commanding officer called a “military error”.

Prosecutor reopens prelim probe into Colombian VP’s meetings with far-right militias

BOGOTA — Colombia’s acting chief prosecutor is reopening a preliminary investigation into Vice President Francisco Santos over meetings the politician held with far-right militia leaders as a journalist.

Colombian mayor cancels Calle 13 concert over lead singer’s T-shirt ’slur’ against president

BOGOTA — The mayor of a Colombian provincial capital says he’s canceling a January concert by the Puerto Rican band Calle 13 over a T-shirt worn by its lead singer.

Colombian prosecutor tallies more than 27,000 forced disappearances since 1980s.

BOGOTA — A senior prosecutor says more than 27,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Colombia since the late 1980s — at least 75 percent by illegal far-right militias.

Colombian police seize two tonnes of cocaine

BOGOTA - Police seized two tonnes of cocaine in a ranch in northwestern Colombia and arrested a minor who was guarding the load, the authorities said Tuesday.

Renowned Colombian journalist says he’s heading to Europe after failed assassination attempt

BOGOTA — A Colombian radio journalist famed for broadcasting relatives’ messages to kidnap victims says he’s leaving the country because of an apparent attempt on his life.

Colombian teenager accidentally killed by his pet dog

BOGOTA - A teenager choked to death after attaching the leash of his pet pit bull to his neck while roughhousing with the dog, Colombian media reported.

Colombian guerrillas spring jailed commander wanted for extradition to US, killing guard

BOGOTA — Machine gun-firing rebels on motorbikes attacked a prison Wednesday, springing a guerrilla commander charged with kidnapping two journalists on assignment for the Los Angeles Times.

Nine killed in Colombia bus accident

BOGOTA - Nine people were killed when the passenger bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in southeastern Colombia, police said.

Gunman on horseback kills town councilman, wounds 11-year-old in southeastern Colombia

BOGOTA — Colombian authorities say a gunman on horseback killed a town councilman and wounded an 11-year-old boy in the country’s southeast.

Colombian air force pilots sentenced to 31 years for murder in cluster-bombing of civilians

BOGOTA — A judge has found two Colombian air force pilots guilty of murder and sentenced them to 31 years in prison each for the 1998 cluster-bombing of a village that killed 17 people.

Colombian court denies extradition for rebel accused of kidnapping LA Times journalists

BOGOTA — The Colombian Supreme Court has denied a U.S. request to extradite a rebel commander accused of ordering the 12-day kidnapping in 2003 of two journalists on assignment for The Los Angeles Times.

Colombian prosecutors, military unearth 35 bodies of peasants, rebels in separate mass graves

BOGOTA — The chief prosecutor’s office said Friday it has unearthed the remains of 17 peasants tortured and killed at a ranch that belonged to the since-slain, far-right militia leader Carlos Castano in Colombia’s northwest.