Griselda Blanco was born in 1943 in northern Colombia. She was a pickpocket as a child, and as a 20-year-old she was involved in prostitution. She was called the “cocaine godmother”. In the mid-1970s, she went to the United States and developed the drug business with her husband. From January 25, you can watch a series telling the story of a woman feared by Pablo Escobar himself.
She played the role of Gloria from “Modern Family”. Now she has starred in a Netflix series about the life of Griselda Blanco
The series “Griselda” debuted on the Netflix platform. The main role was played by the American-Colombian actress, Sofia Vergara, best known from “Modern Family”. The production tells the story of the 1970s and 1980s, when drug gangs ruled the United States. The actress admitted that she did not look like the real Griselda, but the creators only wanted Vergara not to resemble the heroine of the hit series from years ago. – The most important thing for me was the disappearance. For Sofia to disappear, for Gloria Pritchett from “Modern Family” to disappear – .
She was like a chameleon. At one point she looked like a wealthy entrepreneur, at another time she was “emaciated and sloppily dressed”
Griselda Blanco lived in Queens. When the police discovered her activities, she fled back to Colombia. She hid the drugs in her underwear, which she transported from her home country to the USA. She was difficult to catch because she often changed her place of residence and appearance. She was able to gain and lose weight quickly, put on wigs and change her entire image, as Bob Palombo, a DEA agent, said. — When I saw her, she was dressed like a middle-aged American woman who paid attention to every detail of her appearance. (…) A few months later, she changed 180 degrees: she was emaciated, dressed sloppily, her hair was disheveled and terribly dyed — . Blanco ordered the murder of approximately 200 people. She singlehandedly took the life of her husband. In 1985, she was imprisoned for 10 years, and when she got out, she was still conducting dirty business. In 2012, a motorcyclist shot her while shopping at the market.
Source: Gazeta
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