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e. Griselda Blanco Restrepo[2] (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. [3][4][5] She was shot dead in Medellín on ...
Griselda (miniseries) Griselda. (miniseries) Griselda is an American biographical crime drama television miniseries directed by Andrés Baiz and produced by Eric Newman and Sofía Vergara. It is written by Doug Miro and Ingrid Escajeda. It stars Vergara as Griselda Blanco, a notorious Colombian drug lord. The miniseries premiered on Netflix on ...
Cocaine Godmother is a 2017 American biographical crime drama film directed by Guillermo Navarro and written by David McKenna. The film stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Griselda Blanco, who was known as the Cocaine Godmother. [2][3] It premiered at the 2017 Camerimage in Poland and showed on Lifetime channel on January 20, 2018. [4]
Occupation. Contract killer. Criminal status. Incarcerated. Jorge Ayala-Rivera, also known as "Rivi" [2] is a Colombian criminal who is best known for his work as a hitman for Medellín Cartel leader Griselda Blanco. [3][4] In 1993, Ayala was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. [5]
Griselda Blanco. Griselda Blanco (1943–2012), known as the "Godmother of Cocaine", was a drug lord who operated between Miami and Colombia during the 1970s and 1980s. During the height of her operation, she smuggled nearly 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) of cocaine into the United States every month through a well-established network in south Florida.
1,200+ casualties [1] The Miami drug war was a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s, centered in the city of Miami, Florida, between the United States government and multiple drug cartels, primarily the Medellín Cartel. It was predominantly fueled by the illegal trafficking of cocaine.
The interviewees in the film argue that Griselda Blanco, an infamous crime family matriarch, played a major role in the history of the drug trade in Miami and other cities across America. It was the lawless and corrupt atmosphere, primarily from Blanco's operations, that led to the gangsters being dubbed the "Cocaine Cowboys".
Sofia Vergara underwent a major transformation for her upcoming miniseries, Griselda, in which the Modern Family alum stars as the infamous "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco -- the notorious ...