Children play in front of a mural of Pablo Escobar in the Barrio Pablo Escobar in Medellin, Colombia. (Liliana Nieto del Río / For The Times) Three decades ago, this bustling metropolis was the ...

Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the Colombian ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress. The ...

The arrest of Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, one of the world’s most prolific and most wanted drug traffickers, in Hungary in late June brought an end to an intercontinental manhunt. But now, what ...

A hippo descended from the private menagerie of druglord Pablo Escobar has died in Colombia after being hit by a car, according to a statement from Colombian officials. The hippo died on the spot, ...

A view of El Poblado in Medellin, Colombia (Daniel 1/1/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) (CN) — The name Pablo Escobar is associated with drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, the EU’s second-highest ...

The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem. By ...

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Three decades ago, this bustling metropolis was the world’s most dangerous city, an epicenter of assassinations, massacres and car bombs linked to the eponymous hometown cartel and its notorious boss, ...