Griselda Blanco and Miami's Drug Wars: Netflix's New Narcos

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Dubbed the Cocaine Godmother and the Black Widow, Griselda Blanco rose to power when the cocaine boom was taking off and Colombian cartels started pumping product into the US, mainly through Miami. As the floodgates opened and tens of millions of dollars were being made on the streets, everyone wanted to be on top of pyramid, including Griselda...and she was more than willing to have people killed to get there, innocent or otherwise. Griselda's shooters turned Miami into a war zone as her Colombian connections in her hometown of Medellin got her a never-ending supply of the best product...but even the cartels soon tired of her recklessness and bloodthirsty methods. Now the inspiration for a new Netflix Series starring Sofia Vergara (call Sean!) Head to factormeals.com/underworld50 and use code underworld50 to get 50% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.9	It's the spring of 1975 and Griselda Blanco is not happy.
1:05.0	She's recently learned that millions in profit from her drug empire are missing.
1:09.0	And the person she blames for it, her second husband and business partner, Alberto Bravo, even though
1:15.8	he's the one who allegedly got her into the trafficking game in the first place. It's still
1:20.2	a few years before the Narco Queen pin will turn Miami into a shooting gallery and earn her
1:24.4	fearsome and brutal reputation. But she's still not someone to be messed with.
1:29.2	Griselda had recently fled a massive drug bust in New York City, slipping out of Queens, New York, before the cops could get her.
1:35.0	Now, she's setting up shop in Miami as a fugitive.
1:38.0	But before she gets things really moving,
1:40.0	she's got to head back to her home country of Columbia and meet with her husband
1:44.4	to figure things out.
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