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The Death of Che Guevara

09/10/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Death of Che Guevara

Felix Rodriguez recalls his part in the killing of the Marxist revolutionary in Oct 1967.

Former CIA operative Felix Rodriguez recalls his part in the capture and killing of the Marxist revolutionary in Bolivia in October 1967.

In October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia. He had gone there to try to organise a Cuban-style revolution. Mike Lanchin has spoken to Felix Rodriguez, the CIA operative who helped track him down, and was one of the last people to speak to him.

(Photo: Felix Rodriguez (left) with the captured Che Guevara, shortly before his execution on 9 October 1967. Courtesy of Felix Rodriguez)

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