Griselda, the new series by Sofía Vergara, came to Netflix to immerse us in the story of Griselda Blanco, alias ‘The Black Widow’, one of the most feared and powerful drug traffickers in the world. However, although the series was well received by critics, debuting with an 8.8 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Blanco’s family immediately came out to express their displeasure over how the story was presented.
The anger was so great that they even threatened to sue the streaming platform and Sofía Vergara for using without authorization the image and identity of the family members, who, according to them, would be protected because they were not public figures. And now, a few days after the premiere of the series, Michael Corleone Blanco, son of Griselda Blanco, ignited controversy on the networks by ensuring that Sofía Vergara ruined the image of her mother, showing her as an “ugly woman.”
In an interview, Corleone explained that in a book that he will release soon, he will tell “the official version” of his mother’s story, which will completely differ from what Netflix has presented.
“My mother was a beautiful woman,” Blanco says. “It’s crazy that a lot of people say, ‘No, you have to look more like a drug addict.’ The fact that they called her ugly really offends me. “People see mugshots and base it on that alone, but when you read my book, you’ll see that my mother was called the porcelain doll in her youth,” he said.
Likewise, he assured that if his mother were alive, Sofía Vergara would not get her way, as he explained that she, as a producer, and the Netflix team excluded the family from the project.
Who Was Griselda Blanco, Pablo Escobar’s Godmother?
Griselda Blanco Restrepo was the name that caused chills in Miami in the 1970s and 1980s because she was not your average gangster. With nicknames like “The Black Widow” and “The Godmother of Cocaine,” she blazed a bloody path through the drug trade, leaving a legacy of violence and wealth in her wake long before Pablo Escobar.
Griselda was born in 1943 in Colombia and because she lived in poverty since she was a child, when she reached adolescence she began to get involved in the world of drugs. By 1970, Ella Blanco had already built a drug empire in Miami, which was fueled by fear and violence, which in the blink of an eye made her one of the richest and most powerful criminals in the city. epoch.
In 1985, Blanco was arrested and imprisoned in the United States. However, in 2004 she was deported to Colombia. In 2012, while Griselda was in Medellín, she was shot and killed. Those responsible were never arrested.
This story was written in Spanish by Mariana Martell in Cultura Colectiva.