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And how does the real-life Griselda Blanco measure up to this portrayal?
Blanco has become such a mythic figure that the line separating fact from fiction soon becomes extremely murky.
Heres how the historical record lines up with the series take on the Black Widow.
Did she really kill her husband?
In fact, she is suspected to have killed at least two of her husbands.
This incident compels Griselda to flee to the United States, where she starts her cocaine empire from scratch.
She pulled out a pistol and opened fire, while he responded by firing a Uzi.
Did the party on the boat really happen?
The show does seem to have gotten some of Blancos clever ideas right.
The orgies, though … were they real, and if so, were they seriouslythatdark?
And yes, the forcing-folks-to-have-sex-at-gunpoint incident appears to have happened at least once.
For whatever reason, the Netflix series did not include the detail of Blanco keeping aguard dog named Hitler.
How brutal was she, really?
Theres no getting around the fact that Griselda Blanco killed a lot of people.
Most sources claim shes responsible for somewhere between 40 and 250 murders.
In the show, murder doesnt come easily to Griselda at first.
In real life,Blanco is alleged to have committed her first murderwhen she was still a child.
What about the killings we do see in the show; did they really happen?
Panesso and the associate were killed and two others were injured.
The event became known asthe Dadeland Mall Massacre.
Likewise, it seems thatGriseldagot the accidental murder of Chuchos toddler son mostly correct.
The charges were brought, and eventually fell apart, thanks to the same man: Rivi himself.
As it turns out, the show got a lot of his story right.
You blew the agreement.
Ayala is currently still serving a life sentence.
What other real-life figures show up inGriselda?
June HawkinsandRaul Diazwere both real Miami cops who worked to take down Griselda Blanco in the 1980s.
Brought back a lot of memories of those days … A lot of good and bad memories.
They portrayed Rivi and Griselda very well.
Rivi was like that.
Is like that.Hawkins, meanwhile, was a series consultantforGriselda.
Papowas based on Blancos real-life rival, Papo Mejia.
Blanco did flee Miami at some point, but it wasnt because the Ochoas were after her.
It was her second husband Alberto Bravos nephew Jaime who wanted to kill her.
Former DEA agent Bob Palombo toldMaximthat after learning of his uncles murder, Jaime became hell-bent on revenge.
But Palombos team of DEA agents got her first.
What about Griseldas friends?
For instance, she is also alleged to havemurdered eight strippersshe accused of sleeping with her thirdhusband, DarioSepulveda.
Does that mean Dario was real, too?
But we know that theygot married in 1978and that they eventually got into a custody dispute over Michael.
Unfortunately, Sepulveda was found and shot dead, and Michael was returned to Blanco.
Michael Corleone Blanco … is that his real name?
Yes, she really did name him that.
