[NYTr] Trophies of a Murder: Gusano's Auction of Che's Hair, Fingerprints Today in Dallas
 
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:17:15 -0500 (CDT)

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US auction for Che Guevara's body parts

BBC News - Oct 25, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/7062274.stm

US auction for Che Guevara's hair

Strands of hair taken from the body of Ernesto Che Guevara by a former
CIA officer involved in his death are being sold at an auction in the
US.

They are part of a lot also including photos of Che Guevara's dead body
and fingerprints taken after he was killed in Bolivia 40 years ago.

The Dallas sale has prompted protests from Che's widow and his
supporters.

Che is considered an icon by left-wing movements, but critics accuse
him of brutally executing his opponents.

The Dallas Auction Galleries have set a minimum bid of $100,000
(B#48,755) on the lot.

'Bandit'

Auctioneer Tom Slater said that Mr Villoldo was unhappy with the iconic
status Che now has.

"He doesn't like the way Che has become a political icon, so he's
anxious to get the whole story out," Mr Slater told the AFP news agency.

"He feels that Che was a murderer and a bandit and it was appropriate
to hunt him down."

An Argentine who became a Cuban guerrilla leader, the 39-year-old was
tracked down and killed in the Bolivian jungle by a group of CIA-backed
Bolivian soldiers on 9 October 1967.

A former US intelligence officer, Gustavo Villoldo, who took part in
the capture and execution, said he removed the lock of hair and took
photos and fingerprints as proof that the mission was completed. 

B) BBC MMVII

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