The Drug Lord and His Hungry, Hungry Cocaine Hippos Mickey Z.

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Photo: Daily Mail UK

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
July 5, 2020

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had so much money that he literally could not spend it fast enough. He and the Medellín cartel dominated the cocaine trade in the 1980s. By then, he was earning about $420 million per week. Storing piles of cash in fields and warehouses, he’d write off 10 percent of it each year (that’s more than $2 billion) accepting that it would inevitably be lost, destroyed by the elements, or eaten by rats.

Of his many palatial homes, Escobar’s favorite was a $63 million, 7,000-acre estate called Hacienda Nápoles. The front gate was adorned with the actual plane the King of Cocaine used on his maiden drug voyage to the United States. But that was far from the only flourish. Hacienda Nápoles also featured:

Bullfighting arena
Soccer field
Artificial lakes
Airstrip
Tennis courts
Dinosaur statues
Classic car collection

And then there was the private zoo for which Escobar imported four hippos in 1981. They became known as the “Cocaine Hippos.

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