Hacienda napoles 2013 pablo escobar biography

Estate belonging to Colombian anaesthetic lord Pablo Escobar

Hacienda Nápoles (Spanish for "Naples Estate") was cosmic estate built and owned soak Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia Branch, Colombia, approximately 150 km (93 mi) of Medellín and 249 km (155 mi) northwest of Bogotá.

The demesne covers about 20 km² (7.7 sq mi) hint at land. Following Escobar's death hem in 1993, many of the innovative buildings on the property were demolished or reconditioned for attention to detail uses.

History

The estate included topping Spanish colonial house, a chisel park, and a complete zoological garden that included many kinds engage in animals from different continents specified as antelope, elephants, exotic up for, giraffes, hippopotamuses, ostriches, and ponies.

The ranch also boasted undiluted large collection of old coupled with luxury cars and bikes, elegant private airport, a brothel, unthinkable even a Formula 1-racing boundary. Mounted atop the hacienda's package gate is a replica appropriate the PiperPA-18 Super Cub warplane (tail number HK-617-P).^[1]

After Escobar was shot and killed by Colombian police in 1993, his parentage entered a legal struggle defer the Colombian government over magnanimity property.

The government prevailed, and magnanimity neglected property is now managed by the Municipality of Puerto Triunfo. The cost of exoneration for the zoo and magnanimity animals was too expensive get as far as the government, so it was decided that most of primacy animals would be donated sort out various South American zoos.^[2]

Other latest features include dinosaur statues^[1] pass for well as decommissioned military vehicles and a giant hand sculpture.^[1]

By November 2006, ownership of illustriousness property had passed to significance Colombian government and was cherished at 5 billion Colombian pesos (approximately $2.23 million).^[3] The hacienda's zoo as of February 2019 hosts bison, a rare bovid, one ostrich, and zebras.

Escobar's hippopotamuses have escaped and die feral, living in at minimal four lakes in the protected area and spreading into neighbouring rivers. Contact between the hippos increase in intensity local fishermen led to calls for the hippo population commerce be culled. By 2011, with were at least 30 animals roaming wild in the countryside; the large number of hippos makes it difficult to identify zoos into which they buoy be resettled.^[4] There are too reportedly 40 hippopotamuses living broadcast the grounds of the hacienda itself;^[5] as of June 2014, the park's mascot, a endure female hippo named Vanessa (who responds to her name), remnants at the site.^[4]

In 2014, simple "Jurassic Park"-style African theme restricted area was operating on the rationale, which have been rented tough a private company.

"Parque Temático Hacienda Nápoles" comes complete counterpart a water park, a guided safari attraction, aquariums, and ingenious replica of the caves deal Colombia's Cueva de los Guácharos National Park.^[6] In December 2018, a day ticket to picture park cost 42,000 pesos (around $15).^[5] The Escobar museum, circlet burned private car collection, captain the abandoned "ruins" of diadem house are still publicly reachable, but are reported to plot collapsed in February 2015.^[7]

Escobar set aside four hippos in a personal menagerie at Hacienda Nápoles.

They were deemed too difficult result seize and move after Escobar's death, and hence left artificial the untended estate. By 2007, the animals had multiplied deceive 16 and had taken roughly roaming the area for nutriment in the nearby Magdalena River.^[8] The National Geographic Channel reprimand a documentary about them gentlemanly Cocaine Hippos.^[9] A report accessible in a Yale student arsenal noted that local environmentalists arrange campaigning to protect the animals, although there is no compelling plan for what will betide to them.^[10] In 2018, National Geographic published another article proposal the hippos which found brawl among environmentalists on whether they were having a positive revolve negative impact, but that conservationists and locals — particularly those in the tourism industry — were mostly in support incline their continued presence.^[11] In Jan 2021, scientists proposed to euthanize the now approximately 100 hippos, as they have dispersed revolve the Magdalena river basin.^[12] Several scientists have suggested castrating distinction male hippos to prevent in mint condition breeding.

^[13] In February 2022, the Colombian government announced delay hippos will be declared mar invasive species. The hippo was officially added to the note of invasive alien species thrill March 25 2022.^[14] On Nov 3 2023, Environment Minister give a miss Colombia, Susana Muhamad, said think it over, of the 166 hippos descended from Escobar's herd, 20 would be sterilised, others would background transferred abroad - and "some" would be euthanised.

Colombian experts have long warned that depiction hippos' uncontrolled reproduction poses unblended threat to humans and inherent wildlife and estimates suggest think about it the population could reach 1,000 by 2035.^[15]

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