Organized Crime Figure, Columbian Drug Lord. Born: She was known as the "Godmother of Cocaine" and "The Black Widow." Blanco was a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine trade, and at the height of her power and control, her empire was estimated to be worth about $2 billion US dollars. Blanco immigrated to the US in the mid-1970s and established a sizable cocaine trafficking business. She was known to use violence to get her way and was connected to at least 40 murders in the US. Captured in 1985, Blanco served almost 20 years in prison before being deported back to her native Colombia in 2005. Blanco has been featured in the documentary films "Cocaine Cowboys" and "Cocaine Cowboys 2" and on US television in the show "Deadly Women." In 2018, Blanco's life was portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones in a movie named "Cocaine Godmother" for the Lifetime TV Network. In 2024, Blanco's life was portrayed by Sofía Vergara in the Netflix series "Griselda."
Organized Crime Figure, Columbian Drug Lord. Born: She was known as the "Godmother of Cocaine" and "The Black Widow." Blanco was a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine trade, and at the height of her power and control, her empire was estimated to be worth about $2 billion US dollars. Blanco immigrated to the US in the mid-1970s and established a sizable cocaine trafficking business. She was known to use violence to get her way and was connected to at least 40 murders in the US. Captured in 1985, Blanco served almost 20 years in prison before being deported back to her native Colombia in 2005. Blanco has been featured in the documentary films "Cocaine Cowboys" and "Cocaine Cowboys 2" and on US television in the show "Deadly Women." In 2018, Blanco's life was portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones in a movie named "Cocaine Godmother" for the Lifetime TV Network. In 2024, Blanco's life was portrayed by Sofía Vergara in the Netflix series "Griselda."
Bio by: Ron West
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