Pablo Escobar’s Problematic Cocaine Hippos

Ridiculous Crime

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History, Comedy, True Crime

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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We all know that Pablo Escobar exported cocaine out of Colombia in record amounts. What a lot of people don't know is that he had some problematic imports into the vibrant nation, as well. Meet Pablo Escobar's hippos. The cocaine cowboy brought what turned out to be an invasive species into one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Antics ensued.

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