 | At his zenith in the 1990s Pablo Escobar’s syndicate built upon the insatiable appetite for cocaine made him one of the richest men in the world. With income peaking at more than $30 billion, the kingpin spent lavishly on his sprawling estates. The excesses of Hacienda Nápoles included a zoo stocked with exotic animals from around the world. Escobar brought four hippos to his estate before he was shot dead in 1993. They bred and multiplied to more than 80. |  Relocation isn’t simple, they are up to 3,000 pounds, territorial and extremely dangerous. |
