The hippos were smuggled in as part of a zoo that Escobar built at Hacienda Napoles, his estate about 200 miles from Bogota.
Escobar died in 1993, but his hippos remained on the land, even after the zoo's other animals were relocated.
Smithsonian magazine reports that hippos are believed to "kill more people each year than lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos combined." More
Smithsonian magazine reports that hippos are believed to "kill more people each year than lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos combined." More