Transcript ‘‘THE COCAINE GODMOTHER’’ GRISELDA BLANCO WHY WAS GRISELDA BLANCO CONSIDERED A LEADER? • Griselda Blanco was one of the first Colombians to traffic narcotics.

‘‘THE COCAINE GODMOTHER’’
GRISELDA BLANCO
WHY WAS GRISELDA BLANCO CONSIDERED
A LEADER?
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Griselda Blanco was one of the first Colombians to traffic narcotics to the United States.
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Blanco was involved in drug trafficking
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Griselda was a ruthless female drug lord who killed at will
WHO FOLLOWED ‘‘THE COCAINE GODMOTHER’’?
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People who used cocaine
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People who were scared of her
HOW WAS GRISELDA A SEPARATE LEADER THAN
OTHERS?
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She was a woman
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She was in the Mafia
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She was a visionary for coming up with a plan to combine Columbia, New York, and Miami
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She was a serial killer
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HOW LONG WAS GRISELDA IN LEADERSHIP
CAPTIVITY?
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Until she was arrested and in jail for 20 years
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Until she was shot in in the head twice at the age of 69
Why?
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Because she was killed by two men on a motorcycle coming out of a butcher shop
POSITIVE TRAITS ABOUT GRISELDA BLANCO
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She was a mother
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She was a female leader
NEGATIVE TRAITS ABOUT GRISELDA BLANCO
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She killed children
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She killed more than 200 people
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She killed 3 of her husbands
GRISELDA BLANCO’S BACKGROUND
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She was a rape victim
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She lived in an abused home
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She was a prostitute and street pocket who came from extreme poverty
How did her background affect her leadership?
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Blanco came to Queens in the late 1960’s with her boyfriend (Carlos Trujillo) the father
of three of her four sons. Trujillo introduced her to Alberto Bravo, a trafficker from
Medellin and Bravo introduced Blanco to his world. One day, Bravo said something
that offended Blanco, she stuck the muzzle of a loaded gun in his mouth and pulled the
trigger. In 1971, she started her own cocaine network. She used numerous sources
who supplied her with cocaine. Blanco was also bi-sexual who only used female mules.
WHAT CAUSED GRISELDA BLANCO TO FALL
FROM POWER?
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She was in jail for 20 years.
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She was sent back to Columbia.
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She was shot twice in the head by two men on a motercycle.
REFERENCES
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/griselda-blanco-dead-cocainegodmother_n_1853873.html
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/04/2984820/griselda-blanco-life-and-death.html
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http://www.panachereport.com/channels/more%20short%20stories/FemaleScarface.htm