Griselda Blanco Research Paper

Doña Josefa was born on April 19, 1773 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico and died on March 2, 1829 in Mexico City at the age of 61. Doña Josefa was raised by an older sister due to the fact that her parents died after she was born. In the year 1791 she graduated from Colegio de las Vizcaínas, a school with a very good reputation. In that same year she married her husband, Miguel Domínguez, who was a Corregidor appointed by the Spanish. After marriage, she and her husband, Miguel, moved to the state of Querétaro where he was settled to fulfill his duties. Querétaro was an important state in order for Mexico to achieve independence. Josefa happened to be in the right place at the right time in order for her to achieve her making in history.

Celia Cruz was one of the most famous Cuban salsa singers. She was nicknamed the Queen of Salsa, with more than thirty-six albums, recorded with some other leading singers in Latin music. Celia worked as a singer for more than forty years, and during that time, she became well known for her vigorous work, great personality, and her emotional way of singing. During her performances, she was well known for being able to improvise lyrics. She was an artist with over six decades of success making her an inspiration to the Latin community as well as the rest of the world.

Trujillo. She is respected throughout the Dominican Republic. In every aspect of her life, she

La Llorona real name was Maria. Maria was a very beautiful mexican women with long thick black shiny hair and also very tall and skinny. She wore a white gown at all times and also with bare feet. She is very basic but not on the inside. She had two small sons that took up most of her evening time but still loved them like they were one and only.

Hook: “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”-Franklin D Roosevelt. Introduce Topic: Juan Cabrillo had mapped out the California coasts, discovered a port and named it San Miguel until it was named San Diego later on. Background info: Cabrillo was a Portuguese soldier who lived in Spain and later explored the coasts of California. The point of Cabrillo’s exploration was to find treasures on the California coasts and to claim land for the Spanish Government. Thesis: Cabrillo accomplished three things; discovering San Diego bay, mapping the coasts of California, and claiming land for Spain.

Sofia was sent to the Dominican Republic as a punishment for using marijuana, though she ended up getting into more trouble by spending time without a chaperone with her illegitimate cousin, Manuel.

In the novel, “Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen” Reymundo Sanchez, talks about a woman’s perspective of her rough childhood experiences and how it led up to her being affiliated in one of the most notorious gangs in America, the Latin Kings. Sonia Rodriguez, was born into a low social economic class with very minimal opportunities. Not to mention, her household was not an ordinary house hold. In fact, it was a household filled with violence, drugs, no sense of love from her family members and abusive with no expectations of prosperity. Sonia was five years old when she was already having doubts about whether her mother loved her. At such a tender age, this little girl is having these thoughts about her mother not loving her demonstrates she would receive little or no love from her family. In fact, Sonia turned to receiving good academics to attempt and please her mom for love in return. This eventually fails, leading to her never getting that love from not just her mom, but the family. Sonia was viewed more as a scapegoat to the house hold then a family member. She was excessively punished for no reason with no trust from none of her family members. If something was occurring in the family for instance, her sister going out late or money missing she would the one to blame and severely punished, “She swore she hadn’t stolen from either Juan or her mother and continued to maintain her innocence even through the beatings she received whenever there was missing money”

Selena Quintanilla was a Mexican-American singer that dramatically impacted the world of Tejano music. “Selena transformed Tejano music from a local genre performed on a circuit of small venues into an international form that expressed the aspirations of many in the latino community,” affirms The Nineties in America. She was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas and died on March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture states that, “she [Selena] was widely popular with Latino audiences, especially young women, who looked to her as a role model.” Although, Selena had a short life that did not prevent her from becoming a legend.

"La Malinche." Slave, interpreter, secretary, mistress, mother of the first "Mexican." her very name still stirs up controversy. Many Mexicans continue to revile the woman called Doña Marina by the Spaniards and La Malinche by the Aztecs, labeling her a traitor and harlot for her role as the alter-ego of Cortes as he conquered Mexico.

Sofia was sent to the Dominican Republic as a punishment for using marijuana, though she ended up getting into more trouble by spending time without a chaperone with her illegitimate cousin, Manuel.

Selena was born in Lake Jackson Texas to Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcella Ofelia Samora on 4-16-1971, and was the youngest child of 3 including her. When she was 6 years old her father realized her musical abilities and later on told People Magazine “Her Timing and Pitch were perfect I knew it from day one.” In 1980 in Lake Jackson, her dad opened his first Tex-Mex Restaurant, where Selena and her siblings would perform at only the age of 9.

Oakland, California was one of the biggest cocaine cities in the United States. Also, Oakland was one of Griselda’s biggest places to distribute to. While in jail, one of the people she had distributed to her wrote a fan letter to her in jail about how much he admired her for her tactics. The two soon “fell in love” and she began scheming ways to get out of jail. Her brilliant idea was to kidnap John F. Kennedy and hold him for ransom. Her boyfriend at the time, Charles Cosby, was going to be the one to execute the hit with the help of friends. However, Cosby got scared for his own safety and alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation of her intentions. So, the plan fell through and she ended up having to stay in jail. However, many say that the plan was so intricate and well planned that it probably would have worked had she been able to go through with it ("Griselda Blanco: Top 10 Facts You Need To Know”,

She was born in Zacatecas, Salazar. Her mother’s was from Culiacan, Jalisco but born in Tlaltenango in March, 21 of 1921 and her father was born in the same place but May 8. 1923. My abuelita told me that they meet in a chucomeca which is like a ranch in Zacatecas. She had 5 siblings which were 3 brothers named Manuel, Patricio, Filiberto and 2 sisters named Victoria and Hermelina. Her childhood was doing domestic labors and chores around the house, she did attend school but only went for 4 to 5 years then dropped out. While she was in school the clothes she had to use was uniforms which as a girl she had to wear a dress. She told me that in her education that they learned how to respect their elders, family members and themselves. Her family also thought her to take advantage of what they had since she came from a poor family and background.

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on December 1, 1949- December 2, 1993 he was known as Colombia drug lord and cocaine traffic. He also was known in the 1983 as the King of cocaine. He also was the wealthiest criminal in the history with an estimated net-worth of $ 30 billion by the early 1990s. Pablo Escobar stared his criminal carrier when he was a teenager, being a teenager in the street of Medellin without the love of his family he started to commit server crime like stealing, gravestone, allegedly. Pablo also when to school for a short time he attempt to University of Antioquia. He also was involved in many crimes selling contraband cigarette, selling fake lottery ticket and stealing cars. He was committed a lot

Griselda also used violent tactics against her enemies and competitors and because of her psychological fearless personality she eventually was able to become the top selling distributor in the United States at that time. Her distribution of cocaine brought into the United States made her a salary of 80 million dollars per month. There are many films and documentaries related to her and her career one of the most widely well-known films is called cocaine cowboys. It was said that she initially got into the cocaine business with her second husband Alberto bravo in the 1970s and moved to queens, New York