And how the empire he built set the stage for the modern narco-trafficking industry. A FRONTLINE documentary investigates ...

Escobar’s private zoo is turning into a wildlife crisis.

AT THE height of his blood-soaked cocaine reign, Pablo Escobar was earning £310million a week and making Forbes’ ...

Edgar Jimenez, known as "El Chino," gives an interview next to his photo of hippos "Adan y Eva," the first two hippos he photographed when they were brought to Colombia in the 1980s by drug lord Pablo ...

From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hippos in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar - Getty Eighty of Pablo ...

When you think of Colombia, what images come to mind? For some, it may be coffee or perhaps the country’s diverse landscapes and cultures. For many others, it will be cartels, crime and cocaine.

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug ...