Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara executed 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1967)


Video: 'The True Story of Che Guevara (Full Documentary)' (Guevara captured, killed at 1:13:21)

(Monday, October 9, 1967, 1:10 p.m. BOT; during the Cold War) — Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara, 39, was summarily executed today by the Bolivian army (by order of President René Barrientos), one day after his capture in the El Yuro Ravine near La Higuera, a small village located in the province of Vallegrande.