Will Colombia ban Pablo Escobar memorabilia?

Politicians in the country want to prohibit the sale of such items, but they face opposition.

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One day in 1989, Gonzalo Rojas was at school in the Colombian capital of Bogota when a teacher pulled him out of class to deliver some devastating news.

His father, also called Gonzalo, had died in a plane crash that morning.

"I remember leaving and seeing my mum and grandma waiting for me, crying," says Mr Rojas, who was just 10-years-old at the time. "It was a very, very sad day."

Minutes after take off, an explosion on board Avianca flight 203 killed the 107 passengers and crew, as well as three people on the ground who were hit by falling debris.

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