After Pablo Escobar's death in 1993, four hippos left at his Hacienda Nápoles estate multiplied to over 160 by 2023. These ...

Pablo Escobar's imported hippos have become an ecological threat in Colombia, growing to over 160 due to a lack of natural ...

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 ...

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

Notorious drug baron Pablo Escobar's herd of cocaine hippos has finally been sentenced to death by judges in Colombia. The beasts escaped from the cartel kingpin's compound when he died in a ...

Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos marked the start of Colombia's most unprecedented invasion. Here's what they're up to now Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a notorious Colombian drug lord ...

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Ranch that belonged to Colombia's infamous cocaine king Pablo Escobar, who died 10 years ago, is home to herd of hippos, descendants of two he brought there during his heyday, in 1980's ...

They belonged to drug lord Pablo Escobar — and just like the notorious underworld criminal, his randy group of “cocaine hippos” are causing havoc. The infamous cartel kingpin was killed in a ...

When Escobar was killed ... experts fear that the hippos could also pose a dire threat to endangered manatee populations. Environmental legal expert Juan Pablo Sarmient emphasised the urgency ...