Hidden fortune found in Pablo Escobar's house Atoning for the sins of a brother The rise of the so-called "cocaine hippos" began in 1993 after authorities killed Pablo Escobar and seized his ...

After Escobar was killed in 1993, the Colombian government took over the ranch. Since then, the herd of hippos have escaped ...

Four decades ago, Pablo Escobar brought to his Medellín hideaway four hippopotamuses, the centerpieces of a menagerie that included llamas, cheetahs, lions, tigers, ostriches and other exotic fauna.

Two hippos opening their mouths in a lake near the site of Escobar's private zoo. Photo: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP Hippos introduced to Colombia by the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar must be hunted, a ...

PABLO Escobar's herd of randy cocaine hippos have been sentenced to death by judges in Colombia. The "out of control" beasts escaped from the cartel kingpin's compound when he died in a police ...

Colombia's hippopotamus population — all descendants of four hippos illegally imported by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s — can be legally hunted under a new court order. Officials in Bogota gave ...

The late drug lord, Pablo Escobar, imported four hippos from Africa in the 1980s. The animals have since reproduced and grown significantly in numbers. [Courtesy of Getty Images] Colombia is ...

Through resolution 346 of 2022, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development declared hippos an invasive species. The decision was made on the basis of the results of the evaluation of ...

Bogota The infamous Pablo Escobar, who terrorized Colombia during the 1980s and early 1990s, resulted in thousands of deaths. And in the 1980s, he smuggled four hippos from a wildlife park in ...

The fate of a herd of hippos once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar has been sealed ... ‘ethical euthanasia’ and lack of will ...

But thanks to the megalomaniac idea of Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1990s, a herd of hippos found their new ... euthanasia’ and lack of will to remove them. Previous plans included ...