E85 Los Hipopótamos de Colombia

More than three decades after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's death, one of his most unexpected legacies is still growing. What began as an extravagant whim in the 1980s has become one of Latin America's most unusual environmental challenges. Four hippopotamuses imported from Africa for Escobar's private zoo at Hacienda Nápoles were left behind after his death in 1993. Over the following decades, they reproduced and spread throughout the Magdalena River basin, creating the largest p...