Colombian authorities rescue a baby hippopotamus found alone along a riverbank in the Puerto Nare area of Antioquia, northwestern Colombia. Local environmental officials say fishermen spotted the calf separated from its mother and hidden among bushes, and reported it after noticing signs of malnutrition. The hippo is part of Colombia’s population of roughly 200 invasive hippos living in the wild, which the Environment Ministry says descend from an original herd brought to South America by the late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Multiple outlets note that the hippos spread from that Escobar-era introduction and now persist in Colombian waterways and nearby habitats. Officials attribute the invasive population to the descendants of Escobar’s animals rather than a new introduction. The reports emphasize the circumstances of the discovery—alone, malnourished, and located near fishermen on the riverbank—along with the broader background of the invasive “cocaine hippos” in Colombia traced to Escobar’s herd.