As the cocaine trade boomed in the 1970s and 1980s, Griselda Blanco ruled over the Medellín Cartel with an iron fist. Over the course of her violent reign, it’s estimated that nearly 2000 people died on her order. Never one to carry out an assassination herself, Blanco employed others to do her dirty work.
When the end came, it did so with familiarity. According to Colombian media, 69-year-old Blanco was leaving a butcher shop when a hitman entered, pulled a gun, and shot her twice before leaving on a motorcycle. The method of execution is one Blanco is said to have invented. But that’s not all there is to know about the Cocaine Godmother’s death. This is how drug lord Griselda Blanco was killed.

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