Cocaine Godmother Info

Griselda Blanco (1943–2012), widely known as the or "La Madrina," was a notorious Colombian drug lord who pioneered the cocaine trade between Colombia and major U.S. cities like Miami and New York. Early Life and Criminal Beginnings

: In 1964, she illegally entered the U.S. and settled in Queens, New York, with her second husband, Alberto Bravo, a cocaine smuggler. They established a massive drug operation but fled to Colombia in 1975 to avoid federal indictment. Cocaine Godmother

: Returning to the U.S. in the late 1970s, she settled in Miami, where her arrival coincided with the violent Cocaine Cowboy Wars . Her network reportedly earned up to $80 million per month at its peak. Griselda Blanco (1943–2012), widely known as the or