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Colombian artists transform Pablo Escobar's hippos and excesses into art

by The Associated Press

By ASTRID SUÁREZ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) " Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting "Adam and Eve," his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Jiménez, who once served as Escobar's personal photographer, recalls taking the picture from only […]

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 7:30am on November 8, 2025