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One of Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos killed in highway collision in Colombia

Por: CBS News World April 13, 2023

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A hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a collision with an SUV on a highway near Escobar's hacienda, environmental authorities said Wednesday.The so-called  which spread from the estate into nearby rivers and now , have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ecosystem. The crash late Tuesday reflected... + full article



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