Not Reality Griselda Blanco was actually a very violent person. I think this tries to portray her as some loving mother trying to take care of her kids as a single mom. It's alleged she was involved in over 40 murders.
The cocaine wars in Miami during this time. Were extremely violent. A lot of people were affected. To portray her as some single mother trying to start a business is not right.
Sophie Vergara did an excellent job. However, that doesn't change the fact that the person she was portraying was a violent drug trafficker.
I enjoy reading books I don't enjoy reading TV shows. We know she was Colombian and we know she was dealing with Cubans. But I think the show could've been done in English and made it much more enjoyable. If you try to look down and look at something else you miss three or four sentences, and you have no idea what's really being talked about.