In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Restrepo.
Griselda Blanco
Mugshot of Blanco in 1997
Born
Griselda Blanco Restrepo
(1943-02-15)February 15, 1943
Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia[1]
Died
September 3, 2012(2012-09-03) (aged 69)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds
Other names
La Dama de la Mafia ('The Lady of the Mafia')
The Godmother
The Black Widow
Spouses
Carlos Trujillo
Alberto Bravo
Darío Sepúlveda
Children
4 sons
Conviction(s)
Federal: Conspiracy to manufacture, import into the United States, and distribute cocaine (21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 963)
Florida: Second degree murder (3 counts)
Criminal penalty
Federal: 15 years' imprisonment
Florida: 20 years' imprisonment
Medellín Cartel
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria
Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero
George Jung
Juan David Ochoa Vásquez
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
Carlos Lehder Rivas
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez
John Jairo Arias Tascón 'Pinina'
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Griselda Blanco Restrepo[2] (February 15, 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.[3][4][5] She was shot dead in Medellín on September 3, 2012 at age of 69.[6]
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^"Griselda Blanco". Biography. March 3, 2021.
^"The life and death of 'cocaine mother' Griselda Blanco". Miami Herald.
^Luscombe, Richard (September 4, 2012). "'Godmother of cocaine' shot dead in Colombia". The Guardian. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
^""Cocaine mother" Griselda Blanco gunned down in Colombia". miamiherald.com. September 3, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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