, ▁ 2 0 1 2 ), ▁known ▁as ▁La ▁Mad r ina , ▁the ▁Black ▁W id ow , ▁the ▁C oca ine ▁God m other ▁and ▁the ▁Queen ▁of ▁Nar co - Tra ff ick ing , ▁was ▁a ▁Colomb ian ▁drug ▁lord ▁of ▁the ▁Med ell ín ▁Cart el ▁and ▁a ▁pione er ▁in ▁the ▁Miami - based ▁c oca ine ▁drug ▁trade ▁and ▁under world ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁mur ders ▁while ▁transport ing ▁c oca ine ▁from ▁Colombia ▁to ▁New ▁York , ▁Miami ▁and ▁Southern ▁California . ▁She ▁was ▁shot ▁and ▁killed ▁on ▁September ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 9 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Blan co ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Cart ag ena , ▁Colombia , ▁on ▁the ▁country ' s ▁north ▁coast . ▁She ▁and ▁her ▁mother , ▁Ana ▁Luc ía ▁Rest repo , ▁moved ▁to ▁Med ell ín ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁three ▁years ▁old . ▁Upon ▁arriv ing ▁there , ▁she ▁quickly ▁adopted ▁a ▁criminal ▁l ifest yle . ▁Blan co ' s ▁former ▁lo ver , ▁Charles ▁Cos by , ▁rec ount ed ▁that ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 1 , ▁Blan co ▁alleg edly ▁kid n apped , ▁attempted ▁to ▁r ans om ▁and ▁eventually ▁shot ▁a ▁child