Has Pablo Escobar come back as a hippo? | Peter Bradshaw

The Colombian drug lord’s legacy is paralleled by the environmental catastrophe unleashed by his escaped petsThere are times when journalists are unqualified to document events in the world, and we all just have to step back and let the Latin American novelists get on with it. Colombia is facing a potentially deadly infestation of hippos, the descendants of the 24 hippos that were the personal property of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar. Related: Ex-Pablo Escobar enforcer who killed 3