#1.Introduction and early life

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Restrepo.

Born

Griselda Blanco Restrepo

February 15, 1943

Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia[1]

Died

September 3, 2012 (aged 69)

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Cause of death: gunshot wounds

Nationality: Colombian

Other names: La Dama de la Mafia (The Lady of the Mafia)

                      The Godmother

                      The Black Widow

Net worth: the U.S $2 billion (2012 estimate)

Criminal status: Deceased

 Spouse(s): Zulma Andino Trujillo

                    Alberto Bravo

                    Darío Sepúlveda

                   Charles Cosby

Children: 4

Parent(s): Ana Lucia Restrepo and Fernando Blanco

Criminal charge: Drug trafficking, murder

Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012), known as La Madrina, the Black Widow, the Cocaine Godmother, and the Queen of Narco-Trafficking, was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1980s through the early 2000s. It has been estimated that she was responsible for up to 200 murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York, Miami, and Southern California. She was shot and killed on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69.[6] At her height, Blanco was one of the richest and most dangerous women in the world and was one of the most powerful drug kingpins in the world. She became the first-ever billionaire female criminal, ruling her multi-billion dollar drug trafficking empire with an iron fist, and becoming one of the deadliest women of all time.

Griselda Blanco engaged in criminal activity at an early age and soon found success by trafficking cocaine. Blanco's street smarts and ruthless streak helped her rise to a top-level in the infamous Medellin Cartel, garnering her such nicknames as the "Queen of Cocaine" and "Black Widow." Following years of investigations, Blanco was arrested by federal agents in 1985 and spent nearly two decades in prison. She was gunned down in Colombia in 2012, at age 69.

Blanco was born in Cartagena on the country's north coast. She and her mother, Ana Black, moved to Medellín when she was three years old. Upon arriving there, she quickly adopted a criminal lifestyle. Blanco's former lover, Charles Cosby, recounted that at the age of 11, Blanco allegedly kidnapped, attempted to ransom, and eventually shot a child from an upscale flatland neighborhood near her own neighborhood. Blanco had become a pickpocket before she even turned 13. To escape the sexual assaults of her mother's boyfriend, Blanco ran away from home at the age of 9 and resorted to looting in Medellín until the age of 20. Griselda Blanco Restrepo was born in Cartagena, Colombia, on February 15, 1943. Raised by an abusive mother, Blanco turned to a life of crime and prostitution at a young age. She soon became involved with Colombia's infamous Medellin Cartel, helping to push Colombian cocaine throughout the United States, specifically to New York, Miami, and Southern California. Members of the cartel were able to smuggle large quantities of cocaine across the border using special undergarments that Blanco had presumably designed and manufactured.

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