February 15, 1943 - Griselda Blanco
One of the most influential figures in the Miami cocaine trade, she helped shape the violent commercial networks that made South Florida a focal point of the American drug crisis in the 1970s and 1980s. Her operations were marked by a willingness to use lethal force as a tool of business, and she is linked to numerous murders over the course of her career. The scale of her enterprise and her longevity within it set her apart from many of her contemporaries in the trade.
From Wikipedia
Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 14, 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. She was shot dead in Medellín on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69.
Further reading
- Griselda Blanco
Traces Griselda Blanco's violent rise from a difficult childhood in Medellín to becoming a powerful cocaine trafficker in New York and beyond.
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Chronicles the 'Cocaine Godmother's' journey from poverty in Colombia to masterminding the Miami drug underworld as one of organized crime's most feared figures.
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Profiles the notorious Colombian drug dealer nicknamed the 'Black Widow' and recounts the decade-long law enforcement effort to bring her to justice.
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