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Griselda Blanco was her name and other’s new her by her nicknames like the “Black Widow,” “The Godmother,” and “Queen of Cocaine” was born in Cartagena, Columbia on February 15, 1943 but she grew up in Medellin, Columbia. It is said that she suspected of murdering over 200 people. And while hiding from the law for 10 years she was responsible for having cocaine transported from her hometown Columbia to New York, Miami, and also Southern California. But she couldn't run forever because she got captured from the police in 1985 from Irvine, California. After all the problems with her trail she was given a shorter term and got departed back to Columbia on september 3, 2012. But sadly she was killed with a shot to the head after leaving her local

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