Gary Prado Salmón, the Bolivian soldier who captured 'Che' Guevara, died

Bolivian General

, who captured

in 1967, died Saturday in the city of Santa Cruz at age 84.

The news was confirmed by his son on social networks.

"The Lord has just called my father General Div SP Gary Augusto Prado Salmón to his Kingdom. He left with his wife and children. He leaves us a legacy of love, honesty and courage. He was an extraordinary person," wrote his son Gary Prado Araúz on his Facebook account.

Since mid-April, Prado Salmón suffered health complications and was hospitalized, for which the son thanked in his message all the people who supported his family "in this time of his agony."

"Che" Guevara was captured in October 1967 in Bolivia.

General Gary Prado Salmón commanded a patrol in southwestern Bolivia on October 8, 1967 that

, who was wounded at the time.

A day later, the Bolivian Army complied with the order to

.

That same year, the Bolivian Congress named Prado Salmón a national hero for defending what the Bolivian military government of General René Barrientos then considered a "subversive foreign invasion."

Retired General Gary Prado Salmón was imprisoned accused of participating in an attempted coup against Evo Morales.

Photo: EFE

In 1981 an accidental shot hit his spine and left him in a wheelchair.

In 1988 he retired from the military.

In 2020 he was released after spending eleven years in house arrest for being accused of participating in a case to overthrow Evo Morales in Santa Cruz;

a punishment that, in his opinion, was a kind of revenge for having captured "Che" decades ago.

With information from AFP

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