Profiled in countless books, magazines and movies, the reclusive billionaire Griselda “The Godmother” Blanco for 5 years penned her most intimate thoughts to one man – Charles Cosby aka Michael Garcia – her young lover and partner in crime. Considered a legend in his own right and star of the hugely successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys [...]
Friday, February 6, 2009
Charles Cosby talks with Jason “A-Town” Lavezzari in the February 2009 issue of Mids Magazine. Read the entire text article here… 1. Being only 16 and selling crack, how did it make you feel making a lot of money at such young age? I began selling crack-cocaine at 16 years old to fit in with my peers [...]
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
Jon Roberts: Cracked Cowboy Threats, violence, and kilos of coke are just the start for this cocaine cowboy By Gus Garcia-Roberts Published on June 23, 2009 at 1:03pm Former mega-smuggler Jon Roberts, who flooded Miami with $2 billion worth of cocaine in the ’80s, naps away his days in a quiet lakefront Hollywood home. But soon, if what he [...]
Thu, May 7, 2009
Griselda Blanco’s Man By, Wendy Day (www.WendyDay.com) Charles Cosby was more than the star of Cocaine Cowboys 2. He lived that story. He lived the good life. Griselda Blanco was a notorious Columbian Drug Lord in the 1980s, known for her ruthlessness. It’s amazing that she was not only a woman who was able to keep up [...]
Mon, Nov 17, 2008
via Panache Report Scarface Meets New Jack City: In 1991, Charles Cosby was selling ounces of cocaine on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California. Bringing in a couple grand a week, he was living the new American Dream. Then he wrote a fan letter to “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco – immortalized in rakontur’s Cocaine Cowboys – who was [...]
Mon, Oct 27, 2008
via Honor Roll Music You are a guitar hero. No one’s going to argue with that. And you’ve been known to deliver a fierce “Welcome to the Jungle” when the karaoke occasion calls for it. But it’s about time you explored your recording potential. And that’s where Honor Roll Music comes in. Recently opened by two friends with [...]
Sat, Oct 25, 2008
Griselda Blanco - La Dama De La Mafia Via Revista Don Juan La leyenda de Griselda Blanco nació en un caluroso día de primavera de 1975 cuando su jet privado tocó tierra en el aeropuerto de Bogotá después de dos horas y media de vuelo desde Miami. Una caravana de negras limosinas, manejadas por un equipo de [...]
Friday, March 13, 2009
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