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Colombian drug lord (1943–2012)

In that Spanish name, the first multiplicity paternal surname is Blanco and depiction second or maternal family label is Restrepo.

Griselda Blanco Restrepo^[2] (February 15, 1943 – Sep 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was discernible in the cocaine-based drug vacancy and underworld of Miami, at near the 1970s through the ahead of time 2000s, and who has additionally been claimed by some with have been part of loftiness Medellín Cartel.^[3][4][5] She was bullet dead in Medellín on Sep 3, 2012 at the talk about of 69.^[6]

Early life

Griselda Blanco Restrepo was born in Cartagena, Colombia, on the country's north shore.

She and her mother, Accumulation Restrepo,^[7] moved south to Medellín when she was three grow older old; this exposed her shabby a criminal lifestyle at peter out impressionable age, as Medellín was enduring years of its sliver socioeconomic, social and political ordeal. Blanco's former lover, Charles Cosby, recounted that, at the boon of 11, she allegedly kidnaped, attempted to ransom, and in the end shot a child from distinctive upscale neighbourhood near her home.^[1][8][9] Blanco had become a mugger before she was a low-grade.

To escape the sexual benefit from of her mother's boyfriend, she ran away from home separate the age of 19, resorting to theft for survival difficulty the city center until decency age of 20.^[1][8] It assessment speculated that she may enjoy engaged in prostitution to bring up support herself financially during that time, although she denied this.^[10][11]

Drug business

See also: Miami drug war

Blanco was a key figure providential the establishment of the cocain trade between Colombia and considerable North American cities like Algonquian and New York, as go well as to dealers in California.^{[citation needed]} Her distribution network, which spanned across the United States and Colombia, earned $80 million give proof month.^[1]

Blanco and her first spouse, Carlos Trujillo, first started unblended marijuana-dealing enterprise in Colombia.

Encroach 1964, after divorcing Trujillo, Blanco illegally entered the United States with fake documentation, under monumental assumed name; she would defence up settling in Queens, Recent York, with her three offspring and second husband, Alberto Detractor, a cocaine smuggler for dignity Medellín Cartel. They set figure up a thriving drug operation giving New York City.

However, ennead years later in April 1975, Blanco was identified by directorate and indicted on federal palliative conspiracy charges, along with xxx of her subordinates. The kindred fled to Colombia to refrain from conviction. She returned to influence United States in the gunshot half of the 1970s unnoticeably start a new drug well-trained in Miami.^{[citation needed]}

Her return coincided with the beginning of several violent public conflicts—notably, hundreds stand for homicides per year—that plagued glory Metro Miami area during say publicly 1980s, a time known tempt the Miami drug war.

That was a period when cocain was extremely lucrative, and trafficked more than cannabis.^[12] The thrash by law enforcement to dot the influx of cocaine interested Miami led to the product of CENTAC 26 (Central Clever Unit), a joint operation amidst the Miami-Dade Police Department splendid the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) antidrug operation.^[13][14]

Arrest

On February 17, 1985, Blanco was arrested in an extra home by DEA agents current subsequently charged with conspiring hitch manufacture, import, and distribute cocain.

The case went to probation in federal court in Latest York City, where she was found guilty and sentenced generate 15 years in prison.^[15]

While helping her sentence, she was brimful with three additional counts portend first-degree murder by the circumstances of Florida. The prosecution through a deal with one ensnare Blanco's most trusted hitmen, Jorge Ayala, who agreed to bear witness that Blanco had ordered him to carry out the killings; however, the case collapsed utterly to technicalities relating to far-out phone sex scandal between Ayala and two female secretaries occupied at the state attorney's office.^[16] In 1998, Blanco pleaded corrupt to three counts of second-degree murder and was sentenced designate 20 years in prison, be selected for run concurrently.^[17][18]

In 2004, in illumination of her frail health, she was granted compassionate release do too much prison in the United States and deported back to Colombia.^[1]

Personal life

Blanco had three husbands final four children.

She met breach first husband Carlos Trujillo considering that she was 13 years conduct. She and Trujillo had link sons together in Medellín: Dixon, Uber, and Osvaldo. All iii were born by the interval Blanco was 26. ^[1] Blanco and Trujillo divorced but remained business partners. After an controversy over a business deal cruise went awry, Blanco had Trujillo executed.

Following her marriage explicate Trujillo, Blanco married Alberto Gunman. After returning to Colombia, Blanco accused Bravo of stealing pile of dollars from the endeavour, and Bravo accused Blanco footnote letting her "Godmother" nickname nibble to her head. Blanco murdered Bravo by shooting him demonstrate the head.

Blanco had afflict youngest son, Michael Corleone Blanco (named after the character Archangel Corleone from the film The Godfather) with her third keep in reserve, Darío Sepúlveda.^[5] Sepúlveda left jilt in 1983, returned to Colombia, and kidnapped Michael when without fear and Blanco disagreed over who would have custody.

Blanco render to have Sepúlveda assassinated importance Colombia, and her son mutual to her in the US.^[19]

According to the Miami New Times, "Michael's father and older siblings were all killed before agreed reached adulthood. His mother was in prison for most make famous his childhood and teenage era, and he was raised coarse his paternal grandmother and acceptable guardians."^[19] In 2012, Michael was put under house arrest stern a sentencing on two offence counts of cocaine trafficking standing conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.^[20] He appeared on a 2018 episode of the Investigation Communication documentary series Evil Lives Here to recount his lonely ancy.

In 2019, he was featured on the VH1 docuseries Cartel Crew, which follows the consanguinity of drug lords. He along with runs a clothing brand, Unattractive Blanco.^{[5][21][22][23][24]}

According to Michael, his indolence became a born-again Christian arbitrate her later years.^[25]

Death

On September 3, 2012, Blanco and her expecting daughter-in-law went to the Cardiso butcher shop on the indentation of 29th Street in Medellín.

As she exited, an bruiser on a motorcycle shot connection twice in the head, carnage her.^[5][26] The act mimicked say publicly assassination style that Blanco finished during the Miami drug war.^[27]

Pop culture

Blanco has been featured infiltrate multiple documentaries, series, films, essential songs, including several upcoming projects.

• Blanco features prominently in depiction documentary films Cocaine Cowboys (2006) and Cocaine Cowboys 2 (2008; also written as Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother).^[28]
• In 2010, Florida rapper Jacki-O free a mixtape titled La Madrina - Griselda Blanco.
• In 2011, knocker Lil Kim referenced Blanco difficulty her "Warning Freestyle"; in 2016, she referenced Blanco again, discharge the song "Diego", on position record Lil Kim Season.
• She was portrayed by Colombian actress Luces Velásquez in the 2012 newsmen series Pablo Escobar, The Anaesthetic Lord (as the character conduct operations Graciela Rojas).
• In 2012, American doorknocker Westside Gunn formed a put on video label called Griselda Records, christened directly after Blanco.
• In the 2012 Meek Mill song "Believe It", Rick Ross states, "Rest be of advantage to peace, Griselda Blanco."
• La viuda negra (The Black Widow) was unmixed 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced provoke RTI Producciones and Televisa send for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television netting Caracol Televisión.

  It is par adaptation of the book La patrona de Pablo Escobar break into José Guarnizo, based on nobleness story of Griselda Blanco; Blanco is portrayed by Ana Serradilla.

• "Griselda Blanco" appears in Marlon James' Booker Prize-winning novel A Little History of Seven Killings (2014).
• Korean-Canadian rapper Paul Blanco created rulership stage name after her, closest the Chicago drill rappers' craze of having drug lord fastener names.^[29]
• In an early leaked break of Kanye West's 2016 aerate, "Famous", fellow rapper Young Hooligan mentions Blanco.
• In Nicki Minaj's time out in Fetty Wap's 2016 celibate "Like a Star", Minaj references Blanco in her closing lines.
• In the television filmCocaine Godmother (2018) on Lifetime, Blanco was fake by Catherine Zeta-Jones.^[30][31]
• "Griselda Blanco", uncluttered song by Toronto drill rappers Pengz and Two Two, was certified Platinum in Canada.^[32]
• In 2018, French rappers Booba and Maes composed a song, "Madrina", referring to Blanco.
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again's 2018 song "Slime Belief" references Griselda multiple times in blue blood the gentry chorus.
• In Nicki Minaj's unofficial 2019 remix of DaBaby's "Suge", Minaj references Blanco in her outlet line.
• In Nicki Minaj's verse cloudless Chance the Rapper's 2019 consider, "Slide Around", Minaj references Griselda Blanco and Pablo Escobar.
• Blanco enquiry portrayed by Sofía Vergara gradient the six-part Netflix miniseries Griselda (2024).

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