Griselda's timeline begins with blanco and her sons fleeing colombia in 1964 with no money and a kilo of cocaine hidden in one of their suitcases, and takes in her rise as a feared queenpin.

— griselda blanco was one of the first and one of the most violent colombian drug smugglers in the 1970s and 80s.

— most remember griselda blanco as the “black widow,” a ruthless colombian drug lord whose network flooded miami with cocaine, brought in $80 million a month nationally, and who’s been personally.

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— we found five docuseries/documentaries that give an overview of griselda blanco's rise and fall in the underworld, or speak to the impact she left behind in the wake of her arrest.

But what happened to the queenpin, and how did she die?

Let's jump right into it.

How did a girl who grew up in poverty in colombia become an international narcotics.

— history & culture.

— known as the “cocaine godmother” and the “black widow,” colombian drug lord griselda blanco entered the cocaine trade in the early 1970s — when a young pablo escobar was still boosting cars.

She was shot dead this week in medellin by an unidentified gunman.

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