Griselda Blanco

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]
DiedSeptember 3, 2012(2012-09-03) (aged 69)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Cause of deathGunshot 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
Children4 sons
Conviction(s)
Criminal penalty
  • Federal: 15 years' imprisonment
  • Florida: 20 years' imprisonment
Medellín Cartel

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 the age of 69.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference maxim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Comienza extinción de dominio a bienes de Griselda Blanco en Antioquia – RCN Radio". RCN Radio (in European Spanish). September 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "Griselda Blanco". Biography. March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "The life and death of 'cocaine mother' Griselda Blanco". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Luscombe, Richard (September 4, 2012). "'Godmother of cocaine' shot dead in Colombia". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  6. ^ ""Cocaine mother" Griselda Blanco gunned down in Colombia". miamiherald.com. September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.