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GROUP ON 20 APRIL 1967, "URBANO" AND "fc»GMBO", BOTH CUBAN

MULATfpS, WERE GUEVARA'S BODYGUARDS. • [~* COMMENT! THE

PHOTOGRAPH POUND BY NEWSMEN IN THE NACAHUAZU GUERRILLA CAMP OF

A MAN WHO SUPERFICIALLY RESEMBLED "CHE" GUEVARA IS A PHOTO OFI

"URBANO", GUEVARA'S BODYGUARD.J

4. r ’T " T COMMENTt JORGE VASQUE2 MACHICADO VIANA, A GUERRILLA

CAPTURED ON 29 APRIL 1967, DURING AN INTERROGATION I • 1r mini'.. • mu-* AT A DIFFERENT DATE, AT FIRST CLAIMED THAT "CHE”

GUEVARA WAS STILL WITH THE GUERRILLA GROUP OF GUIDO PEREDO,

BUT LATER CHANGED HIS STORY TO SAY THAT GUEVARA HAD LEFT FOR

ARGENTINA IN FEBRUARY AFTER HAVING BEEN WITH THE GUERRILLAS

BEFORE THAT DATE, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF VASQUEZ ACTUALLY SAW

GUEVARA, OR ONLY WAS TOLD OF HIS PRESENCE. GUERRILLAS CAPTURED

PREVIOUSLY I PASTOR BARRERA.QUINTANTA, SALUSTO CHQQUE CHOQUE

AND VICENTE ROCABADQ TERRAZAS) ALL REPORTED THAT THEY HAD

BEEN TOLD THAT GUEVARA WAS IN BOLIVIA AND WITH THE GUERRILLAS,

BUT THEY CLAIMED THEY NEVER SAW HIM IN PERSON. AS THE CAPTURED

GUERRILLAS HAD PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAMP ONLY DURING

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CAMP BEFORE FEBRUARY 1967 AND RETURNED A FTER 20 MARCH, I T I S

O N L Y L O G IC A L T H A T T H E Y COULD NOT HAVE SEEN P E R S O N A L LY . TH E

S T O R IE S OF A L L S I X PERSONS WHO HAD ACCESS TO TH E G U E R R IL L A

CAMP EACH IN D E P E N D E N T L Y T E L L E S S E N T IA L L Y TH E SAME S T O R Y . )

5 . A C C O R D IN G TO D EB R AY, GUEVARA TO LD HIM TH A T HE HAD S P E N T

ONE YEA R I N TH E CONGO FO LLO W IN G D ISAPPEAR ANCE FROM P U B L IC

S IG H T , BUT T H A T H IS R E V O LU TIO N A R Y ATTEM PTS HAD BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL

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