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These include Sepúlveda's infidelity and the subsequent breakup, and his decision to abscond with his and Blanco's son, returning to Colombia where he hoped to shield Michael from Blanco's ...
Blanco was sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend, pushing her to run away at the age of 19 and submit to a life of petty crime to get by. Much is alleged about Blanco’s early years ...
Griselda brought her then-husband, Carlos Trujillo, and their three children along, and the family lived in Queens, New York, where she began her drug-running career in earnest.
Griselda Blanco Restrepo was born in Cartagena, Colombia, on the country's north coast.She and her mother, Ana Restrepo, [7] moved south to Medellín when she was three years old; this exposed her to a criminal lifestyle at an impressionable age, as Medellín was enduring years of its own socioeconomic, social and political troubles.
Griselda, fed up with her abusive marriage, leaves her husband and takes her children. She meets Carolina, an American woman with whom she begins a romance. Griselda soon gets remarried to a man named Alberto Bravo, but keeps Carolina as a companion for years.
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 ...
The Godmother: Griselda Blanco: August 3, 2012: Blanco was a Colombian-born drug baroness who had been involved in a life of crime since her early teens. She made her way to the United States in the mid-1970s, along with her husband and four sons, first settling in New York City, then later moving to South Florida and Southern California ...
In 1978, Blanco and her new husband, Dario Sepulveda, moved to Miami, where Blanco became one of the most prolific drug dealers of all time. This time, she ran the cartel herself.