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Aug 30, 2024 · Griselda Blanco married three times. She was a teenager when she married her first husband, and she split with her last husband in 1983. Her second husband, Alberto Bravo, introduced her to the cocaine trade. She was called the “Black Widow” because she reportedly killed or ordered the death of each of her husbands.
- Griselda Blanco grew up in poverty, and her life of crime reportedly began at an early age. According to some accounts, at age 11 she helped kidnap...
- Griselda Blanco was a Colombian cocaine trafficker. In the 1970s and ’80s she was a central figure in the violent drug wars in Miami, and, accordin...
- Seeking to eliminate her competition during her time in Miami, Griselda Blanco displayed a brazen ruthlessness that plunged the city into a period...
Jan 27, 2024 · In real life, Blanco is alleged to have committed her first murder when she was still a child. According to the story, Blanco and her friends kidnapped a wealthy neighborhood family’s young son ...
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. Blanco ...
Jan 30, 2024 · January 30, 2024, 7:30am. Colombian cocaine boss Griselda Blanco was a force of nature. The mother of four rose the ranks in a male-dominated industry, knocked off all three of her husbands ...
Feb 10, 2024 · In the series, Griselda appears distressed when learning of the toddler’s death, but the real-life Blanco was far less forgiving. “Griselda showed her a little bit empathetic toward her ...
Jan 25, 2024 · January 25, 2024. Netflix’s crime drama series ‘Griselda’ revolves around the true story of Griselda Blanco, a Colombian drug trafficker who emerged from Pablo Escobar’s Medellín to become the “Godmother” of Miami’s drug world. Griselda finds her position and power in a male-dominated drug scene with unwavering cruelty and ...
Feb 8, 2024 · Griselda and her second husband, Alberto Bravo (played by Alberto Ammann), were masterminds behind early cocaine shipments into New York City, where they lived in the early ’70s. On Jan. 26, 1976, federal prosecutors convicted 12 people of conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine and marijuana smuggled from Colombia, but failed to nab the leaders of the operation.
