Confessions: My mum was Sh212.9 billion cocaine kingpin grandmother with gold-plated sub-machine gun

Griselda Blanco was the original cocaine kingpin (Image: Western Mail)

Her blood-soaked reign at the helm of a Colombian drug empire earned her the title of Cocaine Godmother.

Griselda Blanco pioneered ­trafficking routes into the USA and helped create a killer addiction among countless Americans.