Bolivian General Who Captured Che Guevara Dies at 84

Havana – General Gary Prado Salmon (84), who led the military operation that captured and killed communist revolutionary legend Che Guevara, has died. Prado retired from the Bolivian Army in 1988. In 1981, he was confined to a wheelchair after being accidentally shot in the spine.

Prado’s move with the support of the US led to the capture of ‘Comrade’, who is still cherished by communists all over the world. After winning the Cuban Revolution in 1959 with Fidel Castro, Che was secretly fighting to organize uprisings in neighboring countries. Gary Prado’s group, who led the Bolivian Rangers, captured Che in the jungles of the country’s northwest. He was executed on the next day, October 9, 1967. The Argentine-born revolutionary was only 39 years old at the time. Sergeant Mario Terran, who killed Che, died last year. the

The Bolivian parliament, which was controlled by the military, declared Prado a national hero. In 2007, he wrote the book ‘How I Captured Che’ about Che’s capture. Che’s remains were brought to Cuba and reburied in 1997.

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