The series “Griselda” Netflix has managed to attract a large number of series fans in recent days. Thanks to the fictional dramatization of the extensive drug empire that Griselda Blanco built in the 1970s and 1980s, the production with by Sofía Vergara has managed to get all the applause it has, even with the participation of the Colombian Karol G.
Unlike the 2018 film “Cocaine Godmother,” “Griselda,” thanks to its six episodes, manages to deepen the extinct reign of one of the most famous leaders in the drug world. In this way, the series directed by Andrés Baiz promises to captivate you from the first chapter.
But beyond the excitement that the series is causing on social networks, hundreds of users have been wondering what really happened to several “colleagues” and trusted members of the “Godmother of Cocaine.” One of them was the killer Jorge Ayala, known as “Rivi,” who served Griselda Blanco in the 1990s.
This is what Jorge Ayala looks like in the series “Griselda” (Photo: Netflix)
Did he end up behind bars after pleading guilty to the deaths of three people? Was there really more? Well, we tell you about it in detail in this note.
GRISELDA BLANCO: WHO WAS JORGE AYALA AND WHAT CRIMES DID HE COMMIT?
But who really was this boy who managed to gain Griselda's trust? Well, Jorge Ayala was a young man from California who came to Miami from Chicago looking for marijuana. Along the way, he became the Cartagena drug trafficker's favorite hit man or hitman.
In the early 1990s, they both started the “cocaine cowboy” war, which sparked one of the most violent times in the North American city. All those years of blood and gunpowder led to hugely successful shows like Miami Vice on the American screen.
In the series Griselda, we see the professional relationship that Ayala and Blanco had during Griselda's heyday in the drug world. As we remember, “the black widow” managed to set up her illegal business in Miami and found her husband in Ayala, whom she trusted at all times.
For example, in the miniseries we see that “Rivi” was convicted of three murders, the most ruthless of which was the murder of the two-year-old son of Jesús Castro, Griselda's former hitman, in 1988. However, everything suggests that the character could be much higher. the highest.
In the series “Griselda” Ayala pleads guilty to three murder crimes, but there are many more (Photo: Netflix)
According to the NBC Miami portal, it is believed that Ayala was actually responsible for the deaths of more than 35 people. All on Griselda Blanco's orders. The Cali-born man is also rumored to have killed 11 members of Luis Mejía's gang in New York.
WHERE IS JORGE AYALA NOW?
They say: What starts badly ends badly. And that was the case of Jorge Ayala, who after a life of bullets and robberies was arrested in a bank robbery in Chicago. At this time, local authorities were searching for Griselda's main killer, vaguely known as “Riverita.”
Shortly after, they realized that Ayala was actually Griselda's confidant when it came to executing her rivals. During his hearing, “Rivi” pleaded guilty to three murders in 1993 and received a life sentence with parole after serving 25 years in prison.
After testifying against Blanco, the Californian managed to avoid the death penalty. And although he was close to reaching an agreement to be released on parole, the former Gallitero was rejected by the judges and his application was rejected.
Griselda Blanco's former killer testified against “the Black Widow” (Photo: Billy Corben / Instagram)
As of today, Ayala is in prison and if he were to be released on parole in the future, various media outlets such as El Heraldo de México would add that he would be deported to Colombia.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GRISELDA BLANCO
PERSONAL DATA OF GRISELDA BLANCO
- Birth name: Ana Griselda Blanco
- Nickname: The Black Widow. The Queen of Coca, the godmother, the patron saint, the great lady
- Date of birth: February 15, 1943
- Place of Birth: Cartagena, Colombia
- Date of death: September 3, 2012
- Age: 69 years
- Place of death: Medellín, Colombia
- Colombian nationality
- Parents: Ana Lucía Restrepo, Fernando Blanco
- Spouses: José Trujillo, Alberto Bravo, Darío Sepúlveda
WHY WAS GRISELDA BLANCO CALLED “THE BLACK WIDOW”?
In addition to “The Godmother of Cocaine,” the Colombian was also known as “The Black Widow.” Murder of her three husbands. Blanco married three times and all of her husbands died.
First, Alberto BravoHe was murdered in 1975 on the orders of his own son, Michael Corleone Blanco, who suspected that Bravo was having an affair with another woman. The second, Carlos Lehderwas imprisoned for drug trafficking in 1987. The third, Dario Sepúlvedawas assassinated in 1992 on the orders of Blanco, who suspected that Sepúlveda was planning to betray her.
How many husbands did Griselda Blanco have?
- Carlos Trujillo, with whom she had her first three children: Dixon, Uber and Osvaldo.
- Alberto Bravo, a smuggler who linked them to the cocaine trade.
- Darío Sepúlveda, with whom he had a son whom he named Michael Corleone Blanco.