Early September 1967, after months of training local Bolivian soldiers and gathering intel,

American CIA agents finally had a lead on finding Che Guevara, their biggest clue to

his whereabouts, a man known as Paco.

He respected Che, but he was already disappointed as a guerrilla.

He didn't want to be a guerrilla.

He wanted to live.

It was a breakthrough for CIA agent Felix Rodriguez, who had a personal feud against Guevara,

but the closer they got to catching him, the clearer it became that capture meant death.

Because on one hand he had his orders from the CIA to keep Che alive.

And now he was receiving orders straight from his, you know, from the Bolivians, basically

from the high command, saying Che was going to be executed.

Welcome to covert, a show about the shadowy world of international espionage and top secret

military operations.

I say, and we are convinced that Che Guevara isn't the area.

And we have to move the battalion right now to get here.

I'm Jamie Rennell, and I'm going to take you inside history's greatest special operations

missions to learn about the brave soldiers and operatives who risked their lives to

terminate the world's most wanted, eliminate terrorist threats and protect countless innocent

lives.

And that's why Felix picks up the phone and says, well, the communicate's back to the

Bolivian commandment.

We need the Rangers in this area now because, you know, another week or two, Che could

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