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What You Didn’t Know About the Cocaine Godmother Griselda Blanco

Here are a few things you might not know about Griselda Blanco, also known as the Cocaine Godmother. She was born into poverty and exposed to violence at a very young age. She was in her early twenties and had three young kids by the time she was building her criminal empire. She spent many years killing it in New York before she ever got to Miami. And who better to enlighten us than the OG herself @lenicarey , author of the definitive book on the history of women in the drug trade “Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime.” Enjoy.