ZANDRA FLEMISTER, aged 71
The first African American female to be a Secret Service agent, protecting the President’s daughter, she suffered racism, so she resigned to become a diplomat.
DIANNA ORTIZ, aged 62
A Catholic nun working in Guatemala, she was kidnapped and brutally tortured. Convinced of CIA involvement, she spent the rest of her life fighting oppression.
JUANITA CASTRO, aged 90
She was the sister Fidel Castro, who seized power in Cuba, but she fell out with him and became a CIA agent, before defecting to the USA and living in exile.
LUCIA HIRIART, aged 98
A Chilean aristocrat, she married army officer Augusto Pinochet. When he led a military coup she became First Lady, known for her temper and love of wealth.
MARIO TERAN, aged 80
An ordinary officer in the Bolivian army, he was present at the arrest of revolutionary – and was the man who executed him. This forced him to live under cover for the rest of his life.
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