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Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellín Cartel.
Griselda Blanco (born February 15, 1943, Santa Marta?, Colombia—died September 3, 2012, Medellín) was a Colombian cocaine trafficker who amassed a vast empire and was a central figure in the violent drug wars in Miami in the 1970s and ’80s.
Feb 2, 2024 · Griselda Blanco is suspected of being involved in 40 murders across the U.S., including all three of her husbands. At its height, her network was pushing $80 million a month in cocaine.
Jan 25, 2024 · Griselda Blanco was a Colombian cartel leader who died in 2012. Here's everything to know about Griselda Blanco, a.k.a. The Black Widow, including her rise to power, family and crimes.
Griselda Blanco, also known by the nicknames ‘The Black Widow’ or ‘Cocaine Godmother,’ was a notorious Colombian drug lord who dominated the drug trafficking trade in Miami from the ’70s and beyond. Blanco was famous for her success in her trade — earning as much as $80 million per month at her peak — and her violence in her dealings.
Jan 26, 2024 · Griselda Blanco was one of the most notorious drug lords in American history, prominent in the cocaine underworld of Miami. At her peak she made tens of millions...
Sep 4, 2012 · Griselda Blanco, 69, was killed by two bullets at close range – a violent end not unlike the ones that authorities say she ordered during her prime in the 1970s and 1980s. Witnesses heard...
Sep 6, 2012 · Griselda Blanco was one of the first and one of the most violent Colombian drug smugglers in the 1970s and 80s. She was shot dead this week in Medellin by an unidentified gunman. Blanco was...
Jan 17, 2024 · Griselda Blanco and the female drug barons of Latin America. 17 January 2024. Emi Eleode. Features correspondent. Alamy. The new Netflix series Griselda casts light on a lesser-known figure in...
Starring Sofia Vergara as ambitious and murderous Miami cartel head, "Griselda" reveals dramatized life, business acumen, and downfall of “the Godmother,” one of America’s highest earning drug traffickers in the 1970s and 80s.
