The Bolivian General Gary Meadow Salmon, who captured Argentine revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1967, died in the city of Santa Cruz at the age of 84, his son reported.
“The Lord has just called my father Gral Div SP Gary Augusto Prado Salmón to his Kingdom“, wrote his son, Gary Prado Araúz, yesterday on his Facebook account.
“He left accompanied by his wife and children. He leaves us a legacy of love, honesty and courage. He was an extraordinary person,” he added.
Since mid-April, Prado Salmón suffered health complications and was hospitalized.
His son thanked in his message all the people who supported his family “in this time of his agony.”
General Gary Prado Salmón commanded a patrol in southwestern Bolivia on October 8, 1967 that ended with the capture of “Che” Guevara, who was wounded at the time.. One day later, the Bolivian Army complied with the order to execute Guevara.
That same year, the Bolivian Congress named Prado Salmón a national hero for defending what the Bolivian military government of coup leader General René Barrientos then considered a “subversive foreign invasion.”
In 1981, an accidental shot hit his spine, leaving him in a wheelchair. In 1988 he retired from the military.
Source: Ambito
