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The Bolivian general died Gary Meadow Salmon, who captured the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara in 1967. Prado Salmón was in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and was 84 years old, his son, Gary Prado Araúz, announced on his Facebook account.

General Prado Salmón led 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 run it.

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Gary Prado Araúz posted on Facebook: “The Lord has just called my father Gral Div SP Gary Augusto Prado Salmón to his Kingdom, he left accompanied by his wife and children. He leaves us a legacy of love, honesty and mettle. He was an extraordinary person”.

Prado Salmón suffered health complications since mid-April and was hospitalized. His son thanked in his message all the people who supported his family “in this time of his agony.”

In 1967 the Bolivian Congress appointed National hero to Prado Salmón for defending the military government of that country, led by the coup general Rene Barrientos, considered a “foreign invasion subversive”.

In 1981 an accidental shot hit Prado Salmón’s spine and left him in Wheelchair, while in 1988 he retired from the military career.

General Prado was a university professor, ambassador and adviser of former Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora (1989-1993), among other functions.

In recent times, the retired military man dedicated himself mainly to writing and transmitting his ideas in works such as “La Guerrilla Immolada”, where he supported the thesis that the Communist Party of Cuba “he ordered to die” to Che Guevara to Bolivia because I didn’t tolerate it.

The son of Gary Prado Salmón: “For him, the capture of ‘Che’ was not the most important thing he did in his life”

Prado Salmón’s son said that for his father “the capture of ‘Che’ it was not the most important thing what he did in his life, but to contribute to making the Armed Forces a democratic institution, respectful of the Constitution and the laws”.

Prado Araúz said that his father “experienced prison, exile (and) clandestinity, fighting for his democratic principles” and that he even faced what he called a “shameful trial” when he had to serve eleven years in house arrest for an accusation of terrorism during the Government of Evo Morales (2006-2019).

It was in reference to April 16, 2009, when a police commando carried out an operation in a hotel in Santa Cruz that ended with three foreigners dead and two arrested, accused of being part of a terrorist cell that supposedly wanted the secession of the Santa Cruz region. and attack Morales.

Prado Araúz told in statements to the agency EFE that his father “left an unfinished memoir” that lacks “the last chapter” that he was supposed to recount what he considered was an “unfair trial” that closed in 2020 with the acquittal of 12 defendants.

Spokeswoman Eri Kaneko told “Agence France Presse” that Griffiths “is currently in Jeddah, and the aim of his visit is to discuss humanitarian issues related to Sudan.”

Jeddah hosts representatives of both sides of the conflict in Sudan, the army and the Rapid Support Forces, for talks that the international community hopes will put an end to the fighting that has been going on for 3 weeks.

The talks in Jeddah come within the framework of a Saudi-American initiative, which is the first serious attempt to end the fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which has turned parts of the capital, Khartoum, into war zones, and caused hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands to flee.

And I heard the sounds of fighting south of Khartoum, on Sunday, in parallel with the talks taking place in Saudi Arabia.

While mediators seek to find a path leading to peace, both sides of the conflict have made it clear that they will only discuss a humanitarian truce, and not negotiate an end to the war.

The commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamedti), confirmed his group’s participation in the talks, saying that he hoped that it would achieve its desired goal, which is to open a safe passage for civilians.

The United Nations Mine Action Service said that the excessive use of explosive ordnance in combat has increased the danger to civilians, especially children, who may think that these munitions are toys and play with them.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said he will travel to Saudi Arabia early this week for talks with senior officials in the kingdom.