Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population Source: Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico Category: International
By News Room A total of about 130 hippos live near Escobar’s former residence, 200 kilometers from the Colombian capital. They are all descendants of four hippos smuggled out of Africa by a known drug trafficker in the 1980s. After Pablo Escobar died at the hands of the police in 1993, the luxurious villa was […]
President Gustavo Petro has demanded the release of officials seized by rural protesters. Source: Colombia protests: Seventy-nine police officers taken hostage