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The rise and fall of “cocaine godmother” Griselda Blanco reaches a historically accurate (and appropriately tragic) conclusion in the sixth and final episode of Netflix’s Griselda.
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 ...
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 January 25, 2024. [2]
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.
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.
Finally, Blanco’s third husband, Darío Sepúlveda – played by Alberto Guerra in the series – was also killed on her orders after he left the United States for Colombia, taking their son ...