On September 3, 2012, a 69-year-old woman was buying osso buco from a butcher shop in the Belén district of Medellín (Colombia). At that moment, a young man got off the motorcycle and approached him. He fired two shots from close range. Although an ambulance arrived immediately, the victim, Griselda Blanco, died two minutes after entering Belén hospital.
It was paradoxical that Doña Griselda died this way. Because this was the method by which he had hundreds of people killed throughout his life. Because if something is characterized Griselda Blanco This was the ease with which he could execute or order execution. Mercilessly. It wasn’t anything personal. It was all about work.
known as Black Widow, Queen of Cocaine or Godmother of DrugsColombian Griselda Blanco was the first major female drug trafficker in history. The figure that forms the basis of the new Netflix series of the same name (“Griselda”) and in which the actor will give life to Sofia Vergara. A series that has not yet aired and has already been embroiled in controversy due to a problem the original Griselda had with her family.
most feared
The most famous drug trafficker in history is undoubtedly Colombian Pablo Escobar. And the following saying attributed to him: “The only man I fear in this world is a woman, and her name is Griselda Blanco.”. Apocryphal or not, Griselda describes Blanco’s figure down to the millimeter. A ruthless drug trafficker who lives a life of luxury and excess, as well as crime and imprisonment.
Griselda was born in September 1943. Some sources indicate that he was born in Santa Marta, while others indicate that he was born in Cartagena de Indias, where he spent his childhood. Because this is a constant in the life of Griselda: there is little certainty and many legends around her figure. What is known for sure is that her mother, named Ana, was a drug-addicted prostitute and had to run away with the girl to escape the harassment of her stepfather.
Griselda’s troubled life led her to lead a ring of pickpockets operating in the city of Medellín, where she settled after escaping from Cartagena at the age of 11. They say he committed his first murder when he was a pre-adolescent. And when she was 13, she fell in love with a criminal named she. Carlos Trujillo was nicknamed “El Pestañitas”. He had 3 children with her: Uber, Osvaldo and Dixon.
Black widow
It is said that “El Pestañitas” treated him badly and that the man had to flee because his wife threatened to kill him. This was another constant in Griselda’s life: She killed (or threatened to kill) her husbands. Hence one of his many nicknames. One from The Black Widow. Actually, ‘El Pestañitas’ husband was the only one who managed to escape.
When she was 21, she married another Colombian trafficker named Alberto Bravo and they moved to the United States, to the New York neighborhood of Queens; There they established the bases of the cocaine empire that he would later command. And he killed Bravo. Some sources say he caught her being unfaithful in a bar. Others say drug accounts are not collected and He shot 4 bullets into his head.
What has been proven is that from New York he began organizing cocaine shipments that came from his native Colombia to various parts of the United States. Griselda is known as Pablo Escobar’s ‘Teacher’because he would be the one to get her into it. Griselda could teach the big drug lord different ways to bring drugs into the North American country, as well as how to launder money in the United States.
Michael Corleone
Griselda Blanco would marry a third time to a man named Darío Sepúlveda, with whom they had a son whom they named Michael Corleone Sepúlveda Blanco in honor of the character in The Godfather, Darío would also be killed for taking Michael Corleone. From returning to Medellín. Because The man did not want his daughter to grow up in a criminal environment.
But Griselda moved heaven and earth to locate Darío and his son. They say she bribed some local police officers to arrest her husband. She tried to escape but he took responsibility for shooting her in the back multiple times. This is how Michael saved CorleoneThis is exactly the man who condemned the Netflix series starring Sofía Vergara.
That was another thing about Griselda: that she was ruthless. He committed murders in the United States, both in New York and as part of the drug war he started. (especially) in Miami. But it didn’t cost him anything to get the gun himself to get rid of someone. He didn’t need hitmen.
dog hitler
Griselda lived in New York until 1978, when she moved to New York. Miami became the center of drug trafficking. That’s where he started living ostentatiously. The main reason for this is that he broke the first rule of every drug trafficker: not to consume the product. Griselda became addicted to cocaine and Started organizing parties and sexual orgiesas well as living a very high lifestyle.
They estimate his net worth to be more than $500 million, so he started spending it on oddities. He bought many mansions in the most luxurious areas of Miami, had 300 pairs of shoes, a crockery that belonged to Queen Isabel of England and a diamond that belonged to Evita Perón. He also had a German shepherd that he named Hitler. And he killed. He killed a lot. He is known to have turned Miami into the scene of a bloody drug war in the 1980s, turning the city into one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
At those sex parties He confessed his crimes completely without any boundaries. And it was from the mouth that it began to fall. Some of the drug dealers like him who attended these parties started singing in front of the DEA (American police against drug trafficking) when they were arrested. It was they and her second husband, Alberto Bravo’s niece, who put the arrest on a plate.
Griselda was arrested in 1985 and faced life imprisonment, but a series of irregularities in the judicial process eventually The final sentence was 20 years. He continued to run the business while behind bars. But after his release from prison in 2004, he returned to Colombia, where he lived without fanfare until September 3. He was later executed the same way he did many of his victims: by killing him with a low-displacement motorcycle. .
Controversial preview
The series has not been released yet, but it has already been the scene of controversy. Beyond the treatment a bloodthirsty criminal like Griselda would receive, her family has already taken legal action against the production company. Her son, Michael Corleone, condemned both Sofia Vergara and streaming platform Netflix. “Unauthorized use of your image and family likeness” The series will air this Thursday.
Michael says years have passed [desde 2009 hasta 2022] According to North American media outlet TMZ, he is “interviewing some guys who are trying to put his and his mother’s life story on paper in the hopes of turning it into some kind of production.” Darío Sepúlveda claims that his intention was to develop both a program and a book to later pitch it to Hollywood.
Michael claims that he learned by the end of the series that he had benefited from this material, even though he had never seen “a dime” to date. “They basically claim that Netflix has ripped out family history and incorporated it into the plot of their shows. Using your own images or likenesses in the show without your permission violates your rights.“, they add from the said media.