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Gangsters: America's Most Evil: The Godmother: Griselda Blanco
Griselda Blanco, "The Godmother," is suspected of scores of murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York, Miami, and Southern California. On the run from the law for over ten years, Blanco was captured in 1985 in Irvine, California. Her trial ended in scandal and she was eventually deported back to Colombia.
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Gangsters: America's Most Evil: The Queenpin--Jemeker Thompson
This episode explores the case of The Queenpin--Jemeker Thompson. Thompson rose to the top of the cocaine trade during the peak of the 1980 s crack epidemic in Los Angeles. Thompson s former boyfriend would cooperate with authorities and snitch her out. On the run for two years, she was finally captured in 1993 at her son s 6th grade graduation. Thompson was released from prison in 2005 and is now an evangelical minister.
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Gangsters: America's Most Evil: Lethal Beauties: Beltran, Henao & Garcia
This episode explores the cases of three Lethal Beauties: Rosalie Garcia, Sandra Beltran, and Beatriz Henao. Garcia, AKA "Shorty," was the head of a deadly heroin ring in the Bronx throughout the 1990 s. Henao, a Colombian national, led an ecstasy drug ring out of the Netherlands before moving into the cocaine trade. Sandra Avila Beltran was a Mexican drug cartel leader who took over a crucial role in the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and into the U.S. Extradited in 2012, The Queen of the Pacific now faces drug trafficking charges in Miami.

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