Blanco built the start of her cocaine business. According to the article, "Before There Was Pablo Escobar, There Was Griselda Blanco, 'The Godmother Of Cocaine'" in the mid-1970s Blanco and her husband had a great cocaine business going on making millions of dollars every month. Her very well known cocaine business is what soon got her caught. According to the article "Griselda Blanco Biography" after authorities intercepted a shipment of 150 kilos cocaine in 1975—the biggest cocaine case in history at the time-Blanco and more than 30 of her partners were indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges. However, her husband was able to escape back to Colombia before getting caught. Blanco was afraid of getting captured so she found a way to sneak