Griselda Blanco was said to order death in the way others might order a pizza. Dubbed the Cocaine Godmother, she may have had a cute dimple in her chin and once borne a passing resemblance to Betty Boop. But make no mistake. She was a monster.
The five-foot widow was the queenpin among kingpins in the Colombian Medellin drug cartel of the 70s and 80s.
Heading a near-unrivalled campaign of violence, she was a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs the world over – for all the worst reasons.
