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A prolific drug gang leader who compared himself to notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been arrested.

While filming on location in some of the dodgier neighbourhoods in Medellin, where drug lord Pablo Escobar built up his empire in the 80s and 90s, local thugs approached the director and offered their protection if he would cast local prostitutes in the movie

Colombian drug boss Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, alias the Tsar, who was wanted over trafficking cocaine to Europe for more than 15 years was finally caught after being seen taking his dog to the vets

Around 74 of the cocaine kingpin's hippos were due to be moved to wildlife refuges but there have been delays. One animal expert claims that it is because officials want to kill the hippos

Donald Trump has been challenged to a tennis game worth almost £300million by a director willing to pay his debts if the former president was to win the contest

The Modern Family star fronts Griselda, Netflix’s new limited series from the creators of Narcos

New Netflix mini series Griselda chronicles the life of a notorious Colombian drug lord in charge of a massive cocaine empire in Miami. Unflinching in its brutality, the six-parter has really knocked the stuffing out of viewers

In a New Year's Day message, Doug Barrowman maintained his innocence and claimed it is "curious" that only PPE Medpro is facing legal action when there are over 170 disputes over Covid contracts

Conservative peer Michelle Mone complained that she is being treated like the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar as her bank accounts are frozen by the National Crime Agency

Escobar had originally purchased just four of the huge animals, but once they got out into the wild they have gone on to produce 150 more. Experts believe there could be more than 1,000 by 2035

The herd of hippos has grown to nearly 170 from just four that escaped from Escobar's private zoo in Puerto Triunfo 30 years ago. The government is now planning to cull the animals

Medellin, in Colombia, is a far cry from the days its people lived in fear of drug lord Pablo Escobar, and is now a vibrant city with perfect temperatures for tourists

Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was nicknamed the “lord of the skies”, was Mexico's most powerful drug lord for 10 years as boss of the Juarez cartel but he died after facial surgery to alter his appearance

The people inside the vehicle were unharmed in the collision which took place on a highway from Bogota to Medellin in the northwest, close to where Pablo Escobar's estate in Colombia

General Henry Sanabria further claimed the infamous cocaine trafficker in Colombia, Pablo Escobar, was brought down through the use of spiritual rituals and exorcisms

The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have been declared a toxic invasive species because they have no natural predator in Colombia and pose a biodiversity risk because their faeces changes the composition of rivers

Griselda Blanco, dubbed the Cocaine Godmother, was the queenpin among kingpins in the Colombian Medellin drug cartel of the 70s and 80s. She was a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs the world over