Che Guevera Killed in Bolivia

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was killed by Bolivian troops on October 9th 1967 hunting down Bolivian rebels. Guevera, who was Argentinean by birth, was a close aide to Fidel Castro, and was responsible for exporting the revolution to countries in South America.

Che Guevara was born in Argentina to a middle-class family. He entered the University of Buenos Aires to study medicine. While studying he took time out to travel around South America. During his travels, he saw first hand the poverty that many in South American lived in. He became radicalized and came to believe that only revolution could change the situation. He became even more convinced after a CIA backed coup overthrew the leftist government of Guatemala.

. He joined the Castro brothers and fought to overthrow the Batista regime in Cuba. He became the second in command of the Cuban Revolutionary forces. He was considered instrumental in ensuring the victory of revolutionary forces.
After the successful revolution, Guevara played an important role in the first few years of the new government. One of his first jobs was overseeing the revolutionary trials of those who opposed the revolution. Between 50 and 100 were executed during the period he was in charge. In 1965 Guevara left Cuba to help torment revolution in other parts of the world. His first stop was the Congo. There he helped the revolutionary forces.

In 1966 he moved to Bolivia to help the revolution there. He led a group of 50 fighters. In October 1967 an informant told the Bolivian army the location of Guevara and his men. On October 8th the army surrounded the rebels in a village of La Higuera. Guevara and his soldiers surrendered. The Bolivian government ordered that he be executed, and he was executed on October 9th by a Bolivian soldier.