Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar ^78.4%

AP News - By ASTRID SUÁREZ - 4/29/2026, 9:21 AM

Appeal to Emotion 29.5% - Negativity Bias 28.7% - Availability Heuristic 13.4%

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, hippopotamuses can surface without warning, closing the distance to a vessel in a single heartbeat. “These hippos are a true nightmare,” said fisherman Wilinton Sánchez... more