Andres Caballero

By then, Medium had fallen in love with a fellow journalism student, Juan Estevez. They met in college. He was an activist like her.

After the coup, they drop out of journalism school and go underground.

After the coup, they drop out of journalism school and go underground.

Before they go underground together, they buy two cheap wedding bands and ask the leader of their activist group to marry them.

Before they go underground together, they buy two cheap wedding bands and ask the leader of their activist group to marry them.

Medium and Juan don't get to live there for very long. Crackdowns become more frequent. They have to go back to hiding at friends' houses or at cheap motels. They're preparing for the worst.

Medium and Juan don't get to live there for very long. Crackdowns become more frequent. They have to go back to hiding at friends' houses or at cheap motels. They're preparing for the worst.

And there was one critical part of their group's training, that they would always carry a cyanide pill and pledge to swallow it before they were captured.

And there was one critical part of their group's training, that they would always carry a cyanide pill and pledge to swallow it before they were captured.

Two nights before her kidnapping, Miriam is walking through the streets of Buenos Aires, heading back to where she and Juan are staying. They're still in hiding.

Two nights before her kidnapping, Miriam is walking through the streets of Buenos Aires, heading back to where she and Juan are staying. They're still in hiding.

Two days later, on May 17th, 1977, Medium finds herself running for her life, being chased by three men in a Ford Falcon.

Two days later, on May 17th, 1977, Medium finds herself running for her life, being chased by three men in a Ford Falcon.

She yells out her phone number, begging anyone who can hear to call her family. Then, the moment Medium and her fellow militants had prepared for.

She yells out her phone number, begging anyone who can hear to call her family. Then, the moment Medium and her fellow militants had prepared for.

Usually, cyanide pills are made out of glass. Once you crush it with your teeth, the glass cuts your mouth. The poison enters the bloodstream quickly. But Medium's cyanide capsule is homemade. It's plastic.

Usually, cyanide pills are made out of glass. Once you crush it with your teeth, the glass cuts your mouth. The poison enters the bloodstream quickly. But Medium's cyanide capsule is homemade. It's plastic.

In the next episode, Miriam is taken alive to a clandestine center to be interrogated. The exact scenario that she and her fellow comrades had tried to avoid at all costs.

In the next episode, Miriam is taken alive to a clandestine center to be interrogated. The exact scenario that she and her fellow comrades had tried to avoid at all costs.

From Orbit Media, this is Avenger, the story of Miriam Lewin. I'm your host and senior producer, Andres Caballero. The series was produced by Ezequiel Rodriguez-Sandino and edited by Monica Campbell. Original score, Nicolás Pachela. Mixing and mastering, Christopher Hoff and Austin Smith. Assistant producers, Andres Fechtenholz and Eliana Gillespie.