Ana Lucía Restrepo: Where Is Griselda Blanco’s Mother Now?

Ana Lucía Restrepo is the mother of Colombian high-profile drug lord Griselda Blanco Restrepo. Ana’s daughter Griselda was one of the pioneers in the Miami-based cocaine trade. She was a figure in the drug trade from Colombia to Miami, New York, and California. She was known to be connected to several murders including that of her husbands. She was also known as the Black Widow and Cocaine Godmother, among others.

Ana Lucía Restrepo: Bio Summary

Who Was Griselda Blanco’s Mother, Ana Lucía Restrepo?

Ana Lucía Restrepo is the woman who gave birth to Griselda Blanco Restrepo on February 14, 1943, in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. There isn’t much information about Ana’s early life and family. She had her daughter Griselda with a man identified as Fernando Blanco. It is unknown if Ana and Fernando were ever married or not. However, Ana was reportedly employed by a powerful landowner believed to be Fernando.

Ana became pregnant for Fernando but after she informed him she was kicked out, sources say. Ana raised her daughter Griselda Blanco as a single parent. The mother and daughter moved to Medellín. At the time, Griselda was just a child. Their moving to Medellín is said to have exposed Griselda to a criminal lifestyle at a very early age. Ana’s daughter became a pickpocket before turning 13.

Ana Lucía Restrepo had a boyfriend who is said to have sexually assaulted her daughter Griselda. Griselda had to run away from home. Ana is said to have also been abusive towards Griselda. She was an alcoholic prostitute who beat her daughter. Griselda left home as a teenager. She reportedly got involved in prostitution to support herself. Much is unknown about Ana’s life. She lived a very quiet life, which is why her details are very few on the internet.

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Ana Lucía Restrepo came into the spotlight because of her daughter Griselda Blanco who became a drug lord. She became the grandmother of four thanks to Griselda. Her grandsons Dixon Trujillo, Uber Trujillo, and Osvaldo Trujillo were born from Griselda’s marriage to her first husband, Carlos Trujillo, which lasted from 1960 until they divorced in 1969. Carlos later died and Griselda is suspected to have been responsible for his death.

Ana Lucía Restrepo’s grandsons Dixon Trujillo, Uber Trujillo, and Osvaldo Trujillo were involved in their mother’s drug trafficking operations. All three grandsons of Ana are no longer alive per several sources. Ana has another grandson Michael Corleone Blanco, the only living son of Griselda Blanco. Michael was born from Griselda’s marriage to her third husband, Darío Sepúlveda. Michael was once involved in his mother’s business but he later left the “cartel lifestyle”.

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“Michael’s father and older siblings were all killed before he reached adulthood. His mother was in prison for most of his childhood and teenage years, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother and legal guardians,” the Miami New Times revealed. After his mother Griselda Blanco was killed, Michael decided to change his ways. “A lot of people might say that I go above and beyond to try to humanize my mother, but no matter what, my mother was my mother,” Michael told PEOPLE.

“She gave me milk from her breast. She took care of me.” According to Michael, “33 years” of his life he lived as a criminal that he was. “When I got that phone call and I knew that my mother was dead, I realized that our previous cartel lifestyle was completely over. I had to make a choice right then and there,” Michael confessed. “I had to evolve and become a different person in order to break that tie, so my children wouldn’t have to live the life that I lived.”

“It wasn’t easy, and until this day, it’s very hard for me because I was a mommy’s boy. My mother was my best friend and my brothers were my best friends. … I guess I understood once all my loved ones had passed away, that it was time to just forget about it, completely.” Ana Lucía Restrepo’s grandson Michael runs a clothing and lifestyle brand called Pure Blanco. Per their website:

“Pure Blanco is a Billionaire Cartel Lifestyle Brand created by Michael Corleone Blanco and his long time friend Michael “Majix” Yuen.” The two entrepreneurs are “building an empire, which focuses on Fashion, Film, Music, Cannabis and Licensing of the Pure Blanco Brand. We are a lifestyle brand made by bosses for bosses, so wear with pride!”

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Where Is Griselda Blanco’s Mother Now?

Ana Lucía Restrepo’s whereabouts are unknown. She may not even be alive as of 2023. Due to her private nature, very little details of her life are in the public domain. Her daughter Griselda Blanco was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1985 and was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison. She was released in 2004 and deported to Medellín, where she lived a quiet life.

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Griselda Blanco reportedly became a born-again Christian. She was shot and killed by an assassin on a motorcycle, on September 3, 2012, in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. She died at the age of 69. She was killed in the same motorcycle assassination style that she was credited with creating.