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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. It's the middle of the day on October 9th, 1967 in La Iguera, a tiny village in

Central Bolivia.

26-year-old Felix Rodriguez smiles as a camera clicks.

His youthful clean cut looks are a stark contrast to those of the haggard

handcuffed men who've just been posed for a

photograph beside him. The revolutionary fighter Che Guebarra is barely recognizable.

His long dark hair hangs lengthy around his face, his beard, and the green fatigues he wears are filthy.

But with the photo shoot now over, Felix gives Givara a gentle shove and then marches him toward the dark doorway of the mudwall

village schoolhouse therein. Like the other soldiers milling around the village

Felix wears a Bolivian army uniform but in his case though it's just a cover. Felix is a Cuban-American CIA

operative. He's been hunting Che Guevara for years and at last he's snagged him.

But Felix won't have him for long. The and at last he snagged him.

But Felix won't have him for long.

The Bolivian Army Rangers who captured Gavara have been given orders to execute him immediately.

Felix thinks this is a mistake and has been stalling for time, but he doesn't have the authority to override the decision unless he hears from the Pentagon in the next few minutes.

So once Kavara's made prisoner once again in the dark schoolhouse, Felix takes out his radio.

He checks that there isn't any problem with his equipment,

but everything is working normally, which means there's no word from his superiors.

Felix turns as the village school mistress peeks out from behind a wall.

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