Who was cocaine godmother Griselda Blanco? Even Pablo Escobar was afraid of her

When Pablo Escobar was stealing cars in Colombia, she was showering the United States with tons of cocaine.

Griselda Blanco at one point earned $20 million from drug smuggling weekly. She was ruthless and brutal. She was drunk on power and eliminated her opponents without blinking an eye.

The cocaine godmother, as she was called, ruled the typically male drug business for years. A six-episode series about her started streaming on Netflix on January 25 —in the main role: Sofia Vergara.

Who was Griselda Blanco?

"The only person I was ever afraid of was a woman — Griselda Blanco," Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar once said. He was called the king of cocaine. She is the cocaine godmother. They both came from Medellín, a city considered the capital of the drug mafia.

When Escobar was still in the criminal underworld and was mainly involved in car theft, Griselda had tons of white powder smuggled into the United States. It is said that Escobar learned from her and certainly copied several of Blanco's methods.

She hid from law enforcement for a long time. Even when she was brought to trial, the punishment was outrageously low.

Griselda reportedly committed her first murder at the age of 11. Together with other kids, she kidnapped a boy from a rich family.

The story of Griselda Blanco has been interesting to filmmakers for years. Now the fate of the cocaine godmother is told in a six-episode Netflix series.

This article was originally published on Onet Culture.