Jennifer_SFBA
12/15/06, 12:23 pm
The website below has a huge amount of information that is held away from the public. It's a valuable resource:
http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2006/10/13/this-week-in-capitalism-october-9th-1967/
... Upon being wounded in battle, Che himself was captured and taken to a dilapidated schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera. There he saw a number of Bolivian soldiers wounded in the fighting, of which he offered to give medical care. One CIA official, Félix Rodríguez, was present and actually informed Guevara that he would be executed. Che was held overnight. The next afternoon Guevara met his Bolivian executioner, saying, “I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man”. To avoid maiming his face for identification purposes, the executioner brutally shot Guevara multiple times in the legs.
It was later declassified that Rodríguez, the CIA official at Che’s execution, not only allowed Che to be killed, but personally handed down the order from Bolivian High Command. During this time, the CIA was the focus of a major Congressional investigation into its assassination operations in foreign countries (Today, the CIA is still involved in plots to take out foreign leaders). It was also Rodríguez who directed the executioner on where to shoot Guevara. After the execution, Rodríguez stole Che’s Rolex watch and several other personal items to proudly show off to reporters in the following years. Today, some of these items are still on display at the CIA.
Guevara’s body was put on display for photographers. CIA agents then ordered his hands be amputated and sent to authorities to confirm his identity with fingerprint analysis. ...
http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2006/10/13/this-week-in-capitalism-october-9th-1967/
... Upon being wounded in battle, Che himself was captured and taken to a dilapidated schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera. There he saw a number of Bolivian soldiers wounded in the fighting, of which he offered to give medical care. One CIA official, Félix Rodríguez, was present and actually informed Guevara that he would be executed. Che was held overnight. The next afternoon Guevara met his Bolivian executioner, saying, “I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man”. To avoid maiming his face for identification purposes, the executioner brutally shot Guevara multiple times in the legs.
It was later declassified that Rodríguez, the CIA official at Che’s execution, not only allowed Che to be killed, but personally handed down the order from Bolivian High Command. During this time, the CIA was the focus of a major Congressional investigation into its assassination operations in foreign countries (Today, the CIA is still involved in plots to take out foreign leaders). It was also Rodríguez who directed the executioner on where to shoot Guevara. After the execution, Rodríguez stole Che’s Rolex watch and several other personal items to proudly show off to reporters in the following years. Today, some of these items are still on display at the CIA.
Guevara’s body was put on display for photographers. CIA agents then ordered his hands be amputated and sent to authorities to confirm his identity with fingerprint analysis. ...