Griselda starts to smuggle the cocaine into America. She found very creative ways to smuggle the cocaine in on a small scale. First, she smuggles it in in the lining of suitcases, hollowed out shoes, lingerie Griselda specially designed that would hold small bags of cocaine in the crotch area of the underwear, and bras that held cocaine in the lining as well, by female couriers (Dunn, 38). Griselda took over the drug industry in New York. The business was growing so fast, she needed to find a way to get the cocaine in on a larger scale.
Griselda’s cocaine smuggling was bringing in large amounts of cash. “She started to smuggle the cocaine in by “having her own personal pilots fly in large quantities of drugs, straight from Columbia to America …show more content…
By the late 1970’s, she had war plans drawn up to kill off all her competition. She didn’t just want to be the best in the business, she wanted to be the Queen. “Her rules for killing were simple, she ordered her assassins to murder everyone, she did not spare women or children she simply killed them all (Dunn, 65).” In 1979, she killed Jimenez Panesso, a fellow cocaine dealer, outside a liquor store, “by unleashing a spray of machine gun fire (Dunn, 79).” In 1982, she ordered a hit on Jesus Castro, and Alfred and Gabriel Lorenzo, all rival cocaine traffickers. If you owed her money, she owed you money or she didn’t like you, she killed you. Griselda was on her way to successfully annihilate her competition and taking over Miami’s drug distribution.
Griselda was a master manipulator. She had many loyal followers because of her ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, in bad situations. The people who worked for her knew she wouldn’t ask them to do anything she wouldn’t do herself. She made them believe they shared common ground, even though she was clearly superior to them. However, they were far from correct because to Blanco, not only were they easily replaceable, they were as worthless as a penny on the street (Dunn, 73).” Her ability to manipulate people was part of the reason she was so
Griselda’s cocaine smuggling was bringing in large amounts of cash. “She started to smuggle the cocaine in by “having her own personal pilots fly in large quantities of drugs, straight from Columbia to America …show more content…
By the late 1970’s, she had war plans drawn up to kill off all her competition. She didn’t just want to be the best in the business, she wanted to be the Queen. “Her rules for killing were simple, she ordered her assassins to murder everyone, she did not spare women or children she simply killed them all (Dunn, 65).” In 1979, she killed Jimenez Panesso, a fellow cocaine dealer, outside a liquor store, “by unleashing a spray of machine gun fire (Dunn, 79).” In 1982, she ordered a hit on Jesus Castro, and Alfred and Gabriel Lorenzo, all rival cocaine traffickers. If you owed her money, she owed you money or she didn’t like you, she killed you. Griselda was on her way to successfully annihilate her competition and taking over Miami’s drug distribution.
Griselda was a master manipulator. She had many loyal followers because of her ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, in bad situations. The people who worked for her knew she wouldn’t ask them to do anything she wouldn’t do herself. She made them believe they shared common ground, even though she was clearly superior to them. However, they were far from correct because to Blanco, not only were they easily replaceable, they were as worthless as a penny on the street (Dunn, 73).” Her ability to manipulate people was part of the reason she was so