What is Griselda Blanco?
[[Image:Griselda Blanco Medellin.jpg|thumb|Mugshot of Griselda Blanco in 1997]] '''Griselda Blanco Restrepo''' (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012), better known as the ''Cocaine Godmother'', ''Black Widow'' and ''La Madrina'', was a [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] of the [[Medellín Cartel]]. She was also involved in the [[Miami]]-based [[cocaine]] [[illegal drug trade|trafficking]] and [[organized crime]] between the 1980s and 2000s. It has been said that Blanco was responsible for almost 2,000 [[murder]]s as she was transporting cocaine from Colombia to [[New York City]], [[Southern California]] and Miami.<ref>{{cite news|title=Godmother of Cocaine Shot Dead in Colombia|publisher=Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/04/godmother-cocaine-shot-dead-colombia|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> On September 3, 2012, she was shot dead at age of sixty-nine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cocaine Godmother Griselda Blanco is Gunned Down in Colombia|publisher=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article1942420.html|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> ==Background== Blanco was the first-ever [[billionaire]] female criminal. She was in charge of her multi-billion dollar [[illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] business. Blanco first started the drug trade business in the mid-1970s. She was [[indictment|indicted]] in April 1975 on federal drug conspiracy charges. She left the [[United States]] and went to Colombia before she could be arrested. However, in the late 1970s, she came back to the United States. This time, Blanco settled in Miami. ==Arrest== On February 18, 1985, Blanco was arrested by cops. In 2004, after Blanco was released from [[prison]], she was [[deportation|deported]] to Columbia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Godmother of Crime|publisher=Maxim|url=http://www.maxim.com/humor/articles/57005/searchingforthegodmotherofcrime.html|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=June 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614094614/http://www.maxim.com/humor/articles/5