Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos ...

Sebastián Marroquín reveals how he escaped cartel violence and built a peaceful life after Pablo Escobar’s death ...

In Colombia, hippos introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have become a major issue. The population has grown to around 200, causing safety concerns for locals and tourists.

The hippos, brought to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, could have a serious negative impact on the local ...

And how the empire he built set the stage for the modern narco-trafficking industry. An archival FRONTLINE documentary investigating Escobar's bloody rise and fall is now available to watch on YouTube ...

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be culled, the country announced ...

Colombian officials are set to cull around 80 wild hippos from a colony originally started by Pablo Escobar. The notorious drug lord brought four of the animals into Colombia in the 1980s for his ...

Pablo Escobar's reign of terror didn't end with his death and continues today in the form of a horde of hippos plaguing the Colombian countryside. In an April 28 ...

What began as a bizarre symbol of excess in a drug lord’s private zoo has turned into one of South America’s most unusual environmental crises. Deep in Colombia’s river systems, hundreds of hippos, ...

Colombian officials said this week they planned to cull several dozen free-roaming “cocaine hippos” living in a central region of the country where they wreak havoc on local villagers, disrupt the ...

Colombia has approved a plan to kill dozens of invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, as officials warn that the growing population is threatening ecosystems and ...