Overview

• President Gustavo Petro announced the government has begun to recover the estate for victims, confirming the handover on Wednesday.
• The National Land Agency granted 120 hectares to local women farmers who, according to officials, were loaned plots in 2017 and later evicted by police.
• Tourism operators object to breaking up the property, with earlier demonstrations drawing about 1,500 people to block the Medellín–Bogotá highway on June 4.
• Authorities are still addressing the ecological and public‑health risks posed by roughly 150 hippos descended from Escobar’s menagerie, with plans to transfer about 70 to overseas sanctuaries.
• The state seized the 4,000‑hectare estate after Escobar’s 1993 death and later leased it for development as a theme park, hotel and zoo that became a regional draw.