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Is ‘Griselda’ the real story of Miami’s ‘Godmother’ of cocaine’?

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By the time she was gunned down in Medellín, Colombia, in 2012, Griselda Blanco was known by many names: the Godmother, La Jefa, the Black Widow and Miami’s Queen of Cocaine.

Now, the ruthless drug “queenpin” has gained new notoriety through Griselda, a six-episode Netflix series that chronicles Blanco’s rise – and eventual downfall – as a cut-throat power player in a trade dominated by men, greed and violence.

The series, produced by the team behind Narcos, stars Sofía Vergara as the woman who came to epitomise

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