Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday. Authorities have ...

After the Medellin cartel boss died Dec. 1993 ... in order to address the situation generated by the presence of hippos in Colombia, which have caused impacts on our ecosystems and key species ...

In effect Colombia boasts the ... shot and killed Escobar in Medellin. After his death, many of the exotic animals went to other zoos or parks, but the hippos stayed at the hacienda — and ...