"As well as filling it with classic cars and exotic animals zebras, giraffes and kangaroos as well as the hippos he installed an airstrip, various swimming pools and a 1,000-seat bull ring. On top of the entrance gate, Escobar also mounted a replica airplane, modelled on the one he allegedly used for his first cocaine shipment to the United States. After Escobar was killed in a rooftop shootout with security forces in Medellin in 1993, his playground was abandoned and fell into disrepair."
"Now, part of the estate has been repurposed again, and given to victims of Colombia's decades-long armed conflict. We have begun to recover the Napoles estate for the victims, Petro wrote on social media on Wednesday. The government has said that 120 hectares of the land has been given to local female farmers. Felipe Harman, director of the National Land Agency, called the decision a historic victory for the women who never stopped fighting."
A portion of Pablo Escobar's Hacienda Napoles estate has been transferred to women affected by Colombia's decades-long armed conflict. Escobar amassed enormous wealth in the late 1980s, with Forbes estimating his fortune at $25bn, and developed the estate with classic cars, exotic animals including hippos, an airstrip, pools and a 1,000-seat bull ring, plus a replica airplane at the gate. After his 1993 death the estate fell into disrepair, was taken over by the state and leased to local authorities. The government allocated 120 hectares to local female farmers, who express joy and hope. Land disputes have long driven instability and forced evictions.
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