How and where did Ernesto "Che" Guevara die?

After getting the Cuban Revolution With Fidel Castro in 1959, Ernesto Che Guevara remained in the Caribbean until 1965, collaborating in the organization of the state. However, Argentina had long ago decided to promote the installation of guerrilla epidemics in new territories.

The first destination he chose to try to replicate the Cuban experience was the Congo, in Africa. However, after nine months of campaigning in which he suffered many defeats and setbacks, the revolutionary lost the fight and began to look for new horizons in Latin America.

Thus, with the support of Castro, Guevara came Bolivia In November 1966, the beginning of the guerrilla development in the city of Ñancahuazu. From there, his intention was to extend his action north of Argentina.

However, its so-called Bolivian National Liberation Army (NLA), made up of 47 fighters, had serious problems in contacting the Bolivian Communist Party, that eventually they withdrew his support.

Later, in March 1967, the base of operations guerrilla warfare was discovered by the Bolivian army, which has received a military notice from the United States. Then, ELN began the withdrawal and the "Che" divided his men into two groups that would no longer meet.

After months of survival in mountainous terrain and various clashes that resulted in a decrease in the number of members of the group led by Argentina, Guevara was shot and captured in Quebrada del Churofrom where he was transferred with his partner Simeón Cuba Sanabria to a school in the city of La Higuera.

Among the Bolivian senior officers who were there was the CIA agent. Felix Rodriguez, who released the latest photos of Guevara with life.

The execution of "Che" took place on October 9, 1967 and was commanded by Rene Barrientos, leader of the military dictatorship that reigned over Bolivia at the time. Subsequently, his body was placed in a marble laundry room at the local hospital and photographed. Before her funeral in a mass grave near the airport, the army has amputated her hands to confirm her identity.

Thirty years later, in July 1997, his remains were found and identified in the municipality of Vallegrande and taken to Cuba. Since then, they rest in the mausoleum of Santa Clara, where Argentina fought for the country's revolution at the end of 1958.