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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.
During her drug reign in Miami, some estimates claim she was bringing in 1,500 kilos of coke a month, worth up to a possible $80 million -- or an estimated $986 million a year (in today's money ...
How Did Griselda Blanco Die? Blanco was killed after she was released from prison. In 2004, Blanco retired from the cocaine business and was deported to Colombia—but she still had many enemies.
After Blanco was sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug charges in 1985, authorities also charged her with three counts of first-degree murder.
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.
PHOTOS: The many faces of the real Griselda: See photos of Miami’s ‘godmother of cocaine’ Murder cases Blanco was alleged to have been responsible for the deaths of at least two of her ex ...
Blanco was killed in Medellín, Colombia, in September 2012. Colombian national police confirmed her death according to the Miami Herald, NBC News reported at the time. She was 69 years old.
Salazar was portrayed by Camilo Jiménez Varón in the 2024 Netflix series Griselda, about Griselda Blanco. [1] The show incorrectly states that Blanco fled to California to avoid revenge from Salazar, whose girlfriend died while she and Blanco were doing cocaine; Blanco was worried Salazar might have thought his girlfriend was murdered.