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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 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.
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.