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Nicki Minaj once rapped:\xa0Drug Lord Griselda, I used to move weight thru Delta. She\u2019s referring to today\u2019s subject, la Madrina, the drug lord of the Colombian Medell\xedn Cartel, Griselda Blanco Restrepo, the Black Widow. Born in 1943 in Cartegena, on the north coast of Columbia, she became the so-called "Queenpin," and adopted all the macho tropes of the gangster. We argue she wasn't the\xa0biggest gangster at the head of her cartel, but one of the smallest gangsters in a whole world of cartels that have worked to bring the fruits of South America\u2019s land into the United States market, at the cost of millions of human lives.\nPre-order our book in paperback for a free e-book!\n----more----\nSOURCES:\nJos\xe9 Guarnizo \xc1lvarez, \u201cColombia\u2019s \u2018Cocaine Queen\u2019 Living in Obscurity When She Was Shot Dead,\u201d EL PA\xcdS English, September 13, 2012, sec. International, https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2012/09/13/inenglish/1347536945_696771.html\nEpisode 2: Berner Interviews Michael Corleone Blanco (Full Episode), 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eODEHYQhKO0\nBilly Corben, \u201cGriselda Blanco: Hasta Nunca y Gracias Por La Coca,\u201d Vice, May 9, 2012, https://www.vice.com/es/article/3b5jz8/griselda-blanco-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-cocaine\nJames Kelly, \u201cSouth Florida: Trouble in Paradise,\u201d Time, November 23, 1981, https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,922693,00.html\nJustin Vallejo, \u201cWild Real Life Story behind \u2018Cocaine Godmother\u2019 Portrayed by Sofia Vergara,\u201d The Independent, April 5, 2022, sec. News, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/griselda-blanco-sofia-vergara-netflix-b2051670.html.\nOur intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.