Griselda Blanco was born on 15 February 1943 in Cartagena, Colombia. She was married to Dario Sepulveda, Alberto Bravo and Carlos Trujillo. She died on 3 September 2012 in Medellin, Colombia.
Her control of the Miami cocaine trade came to an end in 1985 when she was sentenced to 20 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. She was released on June 6, 2004, and deported back to her native Colombia.