The offspring of illegal hippopotamuses imported to Colombia by late druglord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have started attacking people, according to media reports.

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' attacking people in Colombia

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s hippos are being flown to Jesus Maria in the mountains of northwestern Mexico, where another drug lord from Mexico Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and his sons live and where Ovidio "El Raton" Guzman was captured after a fierce firefight in January.

Pablo Escobar’s hippos to be flown to Mexico, drug lord El Chapo’s birthplace

A hippo belonging to the private collection of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar died in Colombia after being struck by a car, according to a statement from local authorities, reported CNN.

One of Pablo Escobar's ‘cocaine hippos’ gets struck by car, dies

Colombia is relocating 70 hippos. 60 of them would be heading to India. What is the story of Pablo Escobar's hippos? Molly Gambhir tells you.

Gravitas: Colombia's mission to relocate 70 hippos