Sunday, July 27, 2008


I received a copy of Cocaine Cowboys 2- Hustlin' With The Godmother . This is a sequel to the popular Cocaine Cowboys 1 documentary that told the stroy of Miami and how cocaine built the city we know now. This documentary tells the story of Charles Crosby , a Bay area drug dealer, who had the bright idea to write Griselda Blanco a letter while she was serving a 20+year sentence in federal prison. Griselda Blanco, according to police reports, was the Madrina of the Colombia drug cartel. Although many  know the name of Pablo Escobar, he was actually a protege of Griselda. The Godmother ran a vicious crew of killers and while she supplied most of the cocaine that came through the US in the late 70s and early 80s, she also caused a lot of the gun play. In CC 1 the actual wars in Miami are detailed, which eventually lead Griselda to leave for California. When she is arrested in California  in 1985 it is not for any of the  numerous crimes she committed in Florida. She is brought in on the first federal indictment of a Colombian drug cartel, way back in 1975 in New York City. The documentary tells her story from what she supposedly told Crosby and her #1 hit-man. Crosby also tells of how he came up in Oakland and what writing and eventually meeting Griselda did for him. He went from a low level dealer to having a direct link to the Colombian cartel. Those of you that saw Cocaine Cowboys 1 will remember the extra footage at the end, which is what this documentary became. The story is incredible, improbable, but true. The DVD comes out July 29th and it is worth it. 

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