She was Pablo Escobar's mentor and was known as the "Cocaine Queen." Sofia Vergara plays her in the Netflix show, "Griselda.
Griselda Blanco was a Colombian cocaine trafficker who amassed a vast empire and was a central figure in the Miami drug wars in the 1970s....
Griselda Blanco
Colombian drug lord Date of Birth: 15.02.1943 Country: Colombia |
Content:
- Biography of Griselda Blanco
- Life of Crime
- Arrest and Imprisonment
- Death and Legacy
Biography of Griselda Blanco
Early LifeGriselda Blanco was born in 1943 in Cartagena, Colombia.
At the age of three, she moved to Medellín with her mother, Ana Lucía Restrepo. From a young age, there were indications that Griselda was drawn to a life of crime. At the age of 11, she was already involved in the kidnapping of a child from a wealthy family for ransom, which tragically resulted in the child's murder.
The notorious drug lord has had a Hollywood makeover as Modern Family's Sofía Vergara joins forces with the team behind crime drama Narcos to play the leader.At 14, Blanco ran away from home to escape her abusive mother, and she spent some time working as a prostitute. Later, at the age of 20, she married Carlos Trujillo and gave birth to three sons.
Life of Crime
In the mid-1970s, while married to Alberto Bravo, Blanco emigrated to the United States and settled in Queens, New York.
Together, Blanco and Bravo built a successful dr