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Griselda Blanco

1943 - 2012

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Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellín Cartel. She was shot dead in Medellín on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Griselda Blanco is the 11th most popular mafioso (down from 3rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Griselda Blanco ranks 11 out of 70. Before her are Lucky Luciano, Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, and Jack Ruby. After her are Meyer Lansky, John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, and Bernardo Provenzano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Griselda Blanco ranks 48. Before her are Gianni Rivera, Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, Richard Wright, Mario Monti, and Ralph M. Steinman. After her are Klaus von Klitzing, Mariss Jansons, Mohammad Khatami, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Antonio Tabucchi, and Billie Jean King. Among people deceased in 2012, Griselda Blanco ranks 27. Before her are Roger Garaudy, Matilde Camus, Tony Scott, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Donna Summer, and Sylvia Kristel. After her are Larry Hagman, Gunnar Sønsteby, Andrew Huxley, Hebe Camargo, Carlos Fuentes, and William Standish Knowles.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Griselda Blanco ranks 5 out of 356. Before her are Gabriel García Márquez (1927), Pablo Escobar (1949), Shakira (1977), and Fernando Botero (1932). After her are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), Andrés Escobar (1967), César Gaviria (1947), René Higuita (1966), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Gustavo Petro (1960), and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Colombia

Among mafiosos born in Colombia, Griselda Blanco ranks 2. Before her are Pablo Escobar (1949).

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