Andres Caballero

just terrify these people and get them so scared that not only would they give me the cash, they would give me their terror. It made me feel strong. All I know is we're f***ing helpless. All I know is anarchy. All I know is chaos. I just leaned into that.

just terrify these people and get them so scared that not only would they give me the cash, they would give me their terror. It made me feel strong. All I know is we're f***ing helpless. All I know is anarchy. All I know is chaos. I just leaned into that.

just terrify these people and get them so scared that not only would they give me the cash, they would give me their terror. It made me feel strong. All I know is we're f***ing helpless. All I know is anarchy. All I know is chaos. I just leaned into that.

The first time I heard about the death flights and even about the dictatorship was when I was about nine years old in my grandfather's repair shop at our house just north of the city. And one day he just thought I was old enough to hear that just blocks away in the Rio de la Plata, the river right by my house, people had been thrown from planes into the sea and killed.

The first time I heard about the death flights and even about the dictatorship was when I was about nine years old in my grandfather's repair shop at our house just north of the city. And one day he just thought I was old enough to hear that just blocks away in the Rio de la Plata, the river right by my house, people had been thrown from planes into the sea and killed.

The first time I heard about the death flights and even about the dictatorship was when I was about nine years old in my grandfather's repair shop at our house just north of the city. And one day he just thought I was old enough to hear that just blocks away in the Rio de la Plata, the river right by my house, people had been thrown from planes into the sea and killed.

Immediately for a kid, all these questions come up besides being horrified about why, you know? And my grandpa at the time, I remember he didn't really have any answers for me because it was the early 90s. And even though democracy returned to Argentina in 1983, it's not like we were learning about what had happened in the history books, right?

Immediately for a kid, all these questions come up besides being horrified about why, you know? And my grandpa at the time, I remember he didn't really have any answers for me because it was the early 90s. And even though democracy returned to Argentina in 1983, it's not like we were learning about what had happened in the history books, right?

Immediately for a kid, all these questions come up besides being horrified about why, you know? And my grandpa at the time, I remember he didn't really have any answers for me because it was the early 90s. And even though democracy returned to Argentina in 1983, it's not like we were learning about what had happened in the history books, right?

It was still a system where there was a lot of shoving things under the rug. Such a large number of people, especially young people, are now barely reconnecting with this history. And there's still so many questions, right, up in the air. But the importance of knowing what happened and how can we prevent this from happening again?

It was still a system where there was a lot of shoving things under the rug. Such a large number of people, especially young people, are now barely reconnecting with this history. And there's still so many questions, right, up in the air. But the importance of knowing what happened and how can we prevent this from happening again?

It was still a system where there was a lot of shoving things under the rug. Such a large number of people, especially young people, are now barely reconnecting with this history. And there's still so many questions, right, up in the air. But the importance of knowing what happened and how can we prevent this from happening again?

Because I think there is this collective loss of memory sometimes that happens to populations, to countries. And, you know, people just forget. And then we tend to fall into other trends.

Because I think there is this collective loss of memory sometimes that happens to populations, to countries. And, you know, people just forget. And then we tend to fall into other trends.

Because I think there is this collective loss of memory sometimes that happens to populations, to countries. And, you know, people just forget. And then we tend to fall into other trends.

Before we begin, please note that for this story, we interviewed Medium and everyone else for dozens of hours in Spanish. We hired actors to voice their words in English.

Before we begin, please note that for this story, we interviewed Medium and everyone else for dozens of hours in Spanish. We hired actors to voice their words in English.

It's late afternoon, 1977. Miriam is in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires. She's 19. It's been a year since Argentina's military seized power. A coup to bring back peace and stability, says the military dictator. People like Medium, a young political dissident, are now targets.

It's late afternoon, 1977. Miriam is in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires. She's 19. It's been a year since Argentina's military seized power. A coup to bring back peace and stability, says the military dictator. People like Medium, a young political dissident, are now targets.

From Orbit Media, I'm Andres Caballero. This is Avenger, the story of Miriam Lewin. Episode 1, The Process Fast forward three decades to 2010. It's four in the afternoon, the busiest time of day at Canal 13, a national TV channel in Buenos Aires. Miriam sits in her office chair, looking through a big glass window at the cars driving by.