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Colombians Are Fighting Over the Fate of Escobar’s Hippos

Colombia is facing pushback over its plan to cull wild hippos, which are descendants of the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s personal pets. The hippos, which are native to Africa, have threatened local wildlife and human populations.
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Monster Truck Kills 3 People After Driving Into Crowd in Colombia

The police are investigating the incident after a driver of a monster truck appeared to lose control of the vehicle after performing a stunt at an outdoor rally in Popayán on Sunday, killing three people and injuring 40 others.
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Indian Tycoon Offers Refuge to Pablo Escobar’s Condemned Hippos

Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of control. An Indian tycoon has offered them a new home instead.
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How We Traced U.S. Government Gold to a Drug Cartel

Three reporters followed supply chains to reveal that the U.S. Mint buys gold that comes from foreign pawn shops and drug dealers, then claims it is from the United States.
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How Drug Cartel Gold Ends Up at the U.S. Mint

The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only legal, domestic gold. Instead, it is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain: from an illegal mine in Colombia all the way to the Mint’s facilities in West Point, N.Y.
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