Pablo Escobar

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Billionaire Tries to Save Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

The hippos descend from a small group imported in the 1980s by drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Martha McHardy

Pam Bondi with an old fashioned prison stripe uniform in front of an orange background

Pam Bondi Gets Jail Time Warning Over Epstein Files Cover-Up

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna threatened the attorney general directly.

Leigh Kimmins

Pablo Escobar’s hippos

Colombia Has Started Sterilizing Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

The drug lord left behind four of the creatures, and they have now grown to a herd of 170.

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H IS FOR HEARTACHE

Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippo’ Killed in Colombia Car Crash

But don’t worry—there are still more than 100 of the highly aggressive animals still hanging out around the drug kingpin’s sprawling estate.

AJ McDougall

Captured hippopotamuses in a specially designed pen are seen before the application of GonaCon, an immunocastration drug to control the growth of the hippo population, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia October 8, 2021.

NOWHERE TO HIDE

Colombia Has $3.5M Plan to Get Rid of Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

Four hippos escaped from the drug lord’s estate. Now there are 130.

Dan Ladden-Hall

A baby hippo stands in water near its mother Mona at Dvur Kralove Zoo, Czech Republic, June 12, 2019.

Colombia to Send 70 ‘Cocaine Hippos’ to India and Mexico

The hippos have become an invasive species with the potential to harm local ecosystems and agriculture.

Victor Swezey