Colombia kills drug baron hippo

Colombian bounty hunters have shot and killed one of three hippopotamuses which escaped from a private zoo owned by former drugs baron Pablo Escobar.

The African-born hippos broke out of the zoo, called Napoles, in 2006 and thrived in the nearby Magdalena valley.

But officials said they were a threat to people and crops, and that all three would have to be destroyed.

Wanted: Late Colombian drug lord's escaped hippos

Associated Press

Fri Jul 10

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