Che Guevara, one of the most legendary figures of the 20th century, was the "revolutionary saint" in the hearts of Latin Americans and the "red Robin Hood" in the eyes of the Western media. In 1955, Guevara became acquainted with The Cuban Revolutionary Leader Castro, began a decade-long revolutionary guerrilla struggle, and became one of Cuba's main leaders. In 1965 he abruptly left Cuba and continued to fight in bolivia, south America, but the revolution was unsuccessful, and on October 8, 1967, he was betrayed by traitors in the ranks and wounded in the leg and captured by Bolivian military soldiers in a small town named La Hegula. Pictured here is Che Guevara's classic cigar smoking.
When Guevara was taken back to the military interrogation room, his clothes were all torn and disheveled, which was similar to his previous glorious image in the eyes of the world, and after his identity was determined, the 39-year-old Guevara was taken away with a limp and locked up in a school in the local village of Raigra, waiting for the Bolivian president to "try" him. The picture shows Che Guevara after he was captured.
After Che Guevara's arrest, bolivia's highest military authorities expressed the view that he should be put to death immediately, which the United States strongly opposed and hoped to transport Guevara to Panama for further interrogation, but this request was opposed by bolivia's highest military authorities. Guevara is sitting on the ground against the wall waiting for the Bolivian military to dispose of him, next to the soldiers guarding him, holding a gun in his hand, while Guevara showed great composure.
At about 13:00 on October 9, 1967, when military personnel were about to interrogate Che Guevara, they received a telephone order from the highest military authorities in Bolivia: 500 to 600! This was the code name they had agreed upon before, "500" represented: Che Guevara, "600" represented death, "700" represented life, so after repeating "500 to 600" twice on the phone, the military soldiers understood that they must immediately execute Che Guevara. The soldiers had a brief exchange with Che Guevara, who was killed 10 minutes later. The picture shows Che Guevara's expression when he heard that he was about to be executed, which is both calm and complicated, and this is also the last photo of Che Guevara before his death.
After receiving the order, the soldiers of the military decided by lottery who would execute Che Guevara, a Bolivian Army sergeant drew a lottery, drank a little wine in order to strengthen his courage, entered the room where Che Guevara was being held, shot at Che Guevara with a submachine gun, and then he died in a groan of pain, with a total of 7 shots all over his body, the Bolivian military did this to make him look like he had died in a gun battle. The picture shows a Bolivian sergeant who carried out a shooting, inspecting Che Guevara's body.
After Che Guevara was killed, his body was displayed on a pool of water, and his comrades who died with him were discarded on the ground next to him. A group of soldiers showed reporters Che Guevara's body, one of whom tugged at Guevara's hair so that Guevara's face was completely exposed. Although Che Guevara had been confirmed to be dead and the bullet hole in his chest was clearly visible, one soldier pointed his gun at him because Che Guevara's identity was so special that the soldiers did not dare to slacken off.
Che Guevara's body was transferred to the nearby city of Vari grande on the same day, where he was secretly buried with the remains of several others in an abandoned military airfield. The picture shows a Bolivian soldier carrying a stretcher to transfer Che Guevara's body, and a soldier holding a submachine gun to "escort".
Che Guevara was very influential in the world at that time, and even became the faith of many Cuban people, and his life and death affected many people's beliefs in the revolution. In order to prevent Cuban President Costello from denying that Guevara was dead, the Bolivian government once proposed to cut off Guevara's head and send it to Argentina for testing, which was opposed by some soldiers, but finally cruelly chopped off Guevara's hands to verify his identity. A doctor injects Guevara's hands with an antiseptic potion.
In 1997, a handsless skeleton was exhumed and DNA tested for the remains of Che Guevara, who died 30 years earlier, and then Guevara's remains were transported back to Cuba and temporarily displayed in the José Martí Memorial. On October 9 of the same year, the 30th anniversary of Guevara's death, the Cuban government issued a notice that October 11-17 would be designated as a national mourning day, and on the morning of the 17th, a state funeral was held for Guevara, and the remains were placed in the square of Che Guevara in Santa Clara, because this is where he fought, and Costero praised Guevara as a model for revolutionaries and communists.
In Latin American countries, Che Guevara is a legendary hero known to women and children, deeply loved and admired, and his image appears in textbooks, albums, books, stamps, clothing, etc. To this day, more than 50 years later, The charm of Che Guevara is still undiminished, even in the United States is very popular, wearing a five-star beret, Guevara's head has become one of the most reproduced portraits of real people in today's history, as if it has become a magnificent landscape in the human spiritual world.