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Bolivia: CIA Tracks and Kills Che Guevara

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CIA officer Félix Rodríguez (alias Max Gomez), working with Bolivian Special Forces trained by US Army Green Berets, tracked and captured Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on October 8, 1967, in La Higuera, Bolivia. Guevara was executed the following day on orders of the Bolivian government, with CIA involvement confirmed by declassified documents. Rodríguez personally interrogated Guevara and photographed his body.

Bolivia: CIA Tracks and Kills Che Guevara
  • T1CIA CREST: Felix Rodriguez Bolivia 1967 (declassified)Official
  • T3National Security Archive: Che Guevara documentsInstitutional