QUESTION FOR DAGOS-- re Griselda Blanco and Leonard-Duran II

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 13 Feb 2008, 14:15

What effect did Griselda Blanco have

on Roberto Duran's 'performance'

in the second Leonard-Duran "fight" ?
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BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 13 Feb 2008, 14:28

Let's hope none, she is 100% bad news.

dagosd2000 · Post by **dagosd2000** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:42

granberry wrote:What effect did Griselda Blanco have

on Roberto Duran's 'performance'

in the second Leonard-Duran "fight" ?
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Hey Grans and Buzz,you got me on this one. Was Griselda Blanco Al Capone's girlfriend? Fill me in I'm lost

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:49

Griselda Blanco was a Miami druglord of the late 70s, early 80s

dagosd2000 · Post by **dagosd2000** » 13 Feb 2008, 21:56

Broncano wrote:Griselda Blanco was a Miami druglord of the late 70s, early 80s

I never know next what I'm going to learn on the Forum. Thanks Broncano

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 14 Feb 2008, 00:55

Broncano wrote:Griselda Blanco was a Miami druglord of the late 70s, early 80s

Comments to me from a guy who knew her:

“She was a good businesswoman. She was Pablo Escobar’s girl in Miami. She had ‘long arms.’
She was serious about her money. ”

“She was a short, fat broad. She dressed expensively, but none of her clothes looked good on her.”

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granberry · Post by **granberry** » 14 Feb 2008, 10:58

Broncano wrote:Griselda Blanco was a Miami druglord of the late 70s, early 80s

Duran got involved in situations where he owed Blanco $8 million before the second Duran-Leonard "fight."

Do you know Blanco's handliing of people she said owed her money?

More than 70 such people?

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 14 Feb 2008, 12:16

are you saying the "No Mas" mystery has been solved? It was all about "balancing the books"?

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 14 Feb 2008, 13:02

It's a great story and a great hypothesis but that fight was the one in which Duran's physical prime ceased to be. From that moment on you can see a sharp decline in speed and stamina on Roberto's part.

Of course he could have still thrown the fight but wouldn't ha have just decided to lose on points so there was no smell about it?

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 14 Feb 2008, 13:52

Ezzard wrote:It's a great story and a great hypothesis but that fight was the one in which Duran's physical prime ceased to be. From that moment on you can see a sharp decline in speed and stamina on Roberto's part.

Of course he could have still thrown the fight but wouldn't ha have just decided to lose on points so there was no smell about it?

Yep, bringing that much stench and advertizing to a "fix" at least on that grand of a scale, could still get you two in the hat.

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 14 Feb 2008, 16:20

granberry wrote: Do you know Blanco's handliing of people she said owed her money?

More than 70 such people?

More like 200+.

Most ended up as appetizers for the sharks.

Some were a bit luckier and found themselves below 5000 metric tons of the Brickell Avenue high rises (all built with laundered money of course).

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 14 Feb 2008, 16:23

Broncano wrote:
granberry wrote: Do you know Blanco's handliing of people she said owed her money?

More than 70 such people?
More like 200+.

Most ended up as appetizers for the sharks.

Some were a bit luckier and found themselves below 5000 metric tons of the Brickell Avenue high rises (all built with laundered money of course).

She left for Columbia a few years ago.

Any word on her since then?

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 14 Feb 2008, 16:44

I suspect she met the same fate as her sons when they were also deported to Colombia.

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 14 Feb 2008, 17:27

Broncano wrote:I suspect she met the same fate as her sons when they were also deported to Colombia.

So there is nothing definite?

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Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 14 Feb 2008, 17:45

No, she just vanished.

For all we know she could be back in the office... the nature of the Colombian drug business has changed dramatically since the days when she was known as "the Godmother". Back then it was 2 big Cartels (Medellin and Cali) which controled and operated the whole industry, today it has been fragmented into dozens of "mini-cartels", protected and aided by the leftist terrorists of FARC (and the oranguntan who calls himself President of Venezuela, of course) Nonetheless, they've lost much of their control to the Mexicans.

So with that fine resume of hers, the vast training and know-how, The Godmother could be very well dispatching from an undescript Colombian town.

pete · Post by **pete** » 14 Feb 2008, 19:12

There was a documentary about the 70's and 80's Miami drug wars not too long ago on cable called Cocaine Cowboys.I had never heard of Blanco until this movie,her ruthlessness ranked up there with Pablo Escobar's.

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 21 Feb 2008, 01:36

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 21 Feb 2008, 02:36

ringsider wrote:

Good grief.

Maybe that was taken on a bad day.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 21 Feb 2008, 05:41

Isn't "dago" an offensive term?

Goodnight, Irene · Post by **Goodnight, Irene** » 21 Feb 2008, 07:02

oliverfennell wrote:Isn't "dago" an offensive term?

It surely is, unless you're Italian, as Dagosd2000 apparently is. Like that other word referencing blacks? Okay when used by a brother.

ringsider · Post by **ringsider** » 21 Feb 2008, 13:35

granberry wrote:
ringsider wrote:
Good grief.

Maybe that was taken on a bad day.

I wanted to say that when I posted it, but the fear of becoming the target of a hit squad held me back. Thank you Granberry for stepping up and out front, and taking the bullet for me.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 21 Feb 2008, 13:39

granberry wrote:
ringsider wrote:
Good grief.

Maybe that was taken on a bad day.

granberry.....is there such thing as a good "mugshot day"?

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 21 Feb 2008, 14:00

Broncano,

Have you ever seen a female with a neck like that?

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 21 Feb 2008, 14:19

granberry wrote:Broncano,

Have you ever seen a female with a neck like that?

Yes, my mother-in-law right before I told her that her daughter was pregnant and I still didn't have a job.

In retrospect, I realize it was only an illusion, though. My mind playing tricks on me.

granberry · Post by **granberry** » 21 Feb 2008, 14:25

Broncano wrote:
granberry wrote:Broncano,

Have you ever seen a female with a neck like that?
Yes, my mother-in-law right before I told her that her daughter was pregnant and I still didn't have a job.

In retrospect, I realize it was only an illusion, though. My mind playing tricks on me.

Please don't tell such scary stories here, Broncano.

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