Kidnapped. Accused of terrorism. Locked away for 21 months. Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles Public Defender, was taken near the Colombia–Venezuela border and thrown into a maximum-security prison controlled by the Maduro regime. With no real evidence, no meaningful legal process, and no timeline for release, he became a political hostage. In this episode, Eyvin reveals: – Fighting against the state domestically and internationally – How solitary confinement tests your sanity -Why defending the innocent is harder than defending the guilty – And how mindset can mean the difference between breaking and surviving Ultimately, Eyvin’s freedom came through a hostage swap — but he credits his survival to something far more powerful: the people who fought for him back home. This is a raw conversation about power, justice, and what it really means to endure.
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