Officials in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, said one of Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" was struck and killed by a car Tuesday night just a few miles away from the infamous drug lord's estate.

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com. A man known as the Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean was captured by federal authorities Saturday in Puerto Rico following a decade-long hunt, the Associated Press ...

Decades after Pablo Escobar brought hippos to Colombia, country now dealing with dozens of them 04:43. Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals ...

The plan is controversial, in part because it would be very difficult to capture and transport dozens of hippos, and in part because the hippos have become a local tourist attraction, supporting a ...

Pablo Escobar’s hippos escaped in the 1990s – since then, they have become a problem. ... But hippos are aggressive and very large, so they are difficult to capture and transport.

Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.