I agreed, and the young girl who had been driving the BMW went into the house to make the call. In July 1992, law enforcement officials intercepted a drug payoff between Jackson and Corbin and the Trujillo-Blanco organization, seizing about $470,000 in cash, according to a statement issued by the U.S. attorney's office. While his involvement in the drug trade may have brought him success and wealth, it also led to his downfall and ultimate demise. All Rights Reserved. He was serving a ten-year sentence in federal prison. Highly respected by his fellow DEA officers, Palombo gets personal satisfaction from putting dopers behind bars. He was picked up on counterfeiting and automatic weapons charges by the Secret Service, recalls Palombo, and his identity was discovered.. Occupation. Life and work. Dixon Trujillo's Tweets. Every morning a florist would come to spread a blanket of fresh flowers on his pool. No pressure.). Coke was being brought into this country in bras, girdles, the soles of shoes, even bird cages.. The gaps in the dry prose of the legal documents have been filled in by sources who are familiar with various aspects of the Edmond investigation. POLICE IN NEW YORK CITY FIRST became aware of Griselda and her operations in 1973, when they formed a task force called Operation Banshee to combat the Colombian drug smugglers. According to federal authorities, the three rapidly became buddies. In 1985, Griselda Blanco was finally placed under arrest by the Drug Enforcement Agency in the United States; however, she continued to control her drug business from inside the jail. Jerry Dixon. Missing Age. They knew they had to stop her wild, uncontrolled violence.. In Medellin she fell into a life of crime and after being a pickpocket for a few years; Blanco committed murder when she kidnapped and killed a child for ransom when she was only 11. Dario had been running around with a topless dancer in Fort Lauderdale and Griselda found out.. An apt metaphor for the Colombian cocaine invasion that befell America in the decade to follow. She could change her appearance like a chameleon gain 20 pounds, lose 30 pounds, change the color of her hair. Titus Dixon. Most Popular . In mid-1992, he persuaded Osvaldo Trujillo-Blanco not to kill Jackson and Corbin, who had not paid him for cocaine delivered to them. "That would wear on a man," the agent said, especially one who is as devoted to his mother as Edmond is. Gomez returned to Miami and shortly afterward he got the call the DEA agents were hoping for. His brother, Osvaldo, was just a cellblock away. Griselda Blanco was responsible for establishing one of the largest drug operations in the United States. The heat also angered the Colombians. FOR JAILED KINGPINS, A COCAINE KINSHIP - The Washington Post