On October 9, 1967, Guevara, the hero of the Latin American proletarian revolutionaries and the main leader of the Cuban revolution, was killed by a CIA team in a dilapidated school building in a Bolivian village.
The man who led the team to kill Che Guevara was named Felix Rodriguez. He was a Cuban, but he opposed the proletarian revolution in Cuba and joined the CIA for this, vowing to extinguish the flames of revolution in Cuba.
But what he never expected was that Che Guevara's revolutionary cause was not only not destroyed by him, but today in 2023, he was surprised to learn that a senior American diplomat who had grown up under his nose, had a lot of contact with him, and even once became the US ambassador to Bolivia, was actually a Cuban "insider" who had been lurking in the United States for 40 years, and he was also a staunch supporter and sympathizer of the Cuban revolutionary cause.
This amazing plot that is enough to be made into a movie was disclosed by the American "Wall Street**" on December 5 local time. The protagonist of the story, Manuel Rocha, 73, is a veteran American diplomat who has traveled throughout Latin America, from Honduras to Cuba to Argentina and Bolivia, and at one point served as chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Argentina and as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia.
But just last Friday (December 1), Rocha was suddenly arrested by the FBI** from his residence in Miami, USA. The reason given by the United States Department of Justice at the time was vague, saying that he was accused of secretly serving Cuban** interests. This also led some Americans** to think that he might have only done something for Cuba** in his spare time after leaving public office, but he did not report it to the United States**, so he got into trouble.
But with his case on Monday (December 4), more shocking facts that far exceeded people's imagination began to surface. Judging by the report of Wall Street**, Rocha has been working for Cuba** since at least 1981That is to say, when the United States** appointed him as the U.S. ambassador to Bolivia in 2000, the U.S. actually sent a Cuban "Yu Zecheng."
It is no wonder that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland described that Rocha's case is one of the most serious cases of its kind because of its length of duration and the high level of involvement in the U.S. history, and that the harm it caused to U.S. national interests is likely to be the most serious of its kind.
But what is even more touching is that Rocha is an authentic American who was born in the United States and graduated from a prestigious American school, and he will choose to throw himself into the arms of Cuba not for money, but out of morality and sympathy.
Moreover, in contact with a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who was impersonating as a Cuban ** connector in order to trap himRocha also expressed his deep dissatisfaction and disgust with the hegemonic behavior of the United States.
At the time of writing, Wall Street** also mentioned two other "Cuban espionage cases" that are also well-known in the United States, saying that the parties in these two cases - one was a senior intelligence analyst of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, but secretly served Cuba** for 17 years, and then "confessed" in 2002;The other used to work in the United States, but secretly served Cuba with his wife for 30 years, and then "confessed" in 2009 - not for money, but also out of sympathy and support for the Cuban revolutionary cause, as well as hatred for US foreign policy.
After all, a country is brutally blockaded and sanctioned by the world's most powerful hegemonic power just because it wants its people to live a better life and no longer be oppressed by imperialism, but the country is not frightened to retreat, but is still fighting with its head held high. A man of conscience will not turn a blind eye to such injustice.
A former U.S. diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Colombia even bluntly told Wall Street that while Americans spies for other countries often for money or because of personal vendettasBut Cuba is an exception, and the Americans who "spy" for Cuba are almost always motivated by their support for the Cuban Revolution.
A former FBI agent who has been involved in the investigation of other Cuban espionage cases also said that Cuba's intelligence services themselves are very good and very good at discovering and mobilizing those who sympathize with Cuba to work for Cuba willingly.
But the most ironic part of the Wall Street story was the paper's interview with a former colleague of Rocha named Felix Rodriguez.
Because this Rodriguez, although he is also a Cuban, is extremely hostile to the socialist regime in Cuba, and for this reason he joined the CIA at a young age. Moreover, it was he who was assigned by the CIA to lead the murder of Totenche Guevara, the leader of the Cuban revolutionary movement and the spiritual toof the Latin American communist movement, in Bolivia in October 1967.
Therefore, when he learned that Rocha, who grew up under his nose, worked with him, and once served as the US ambassador in the place where he killed Che Guevara, was actually an "undercover agent" of the Republic of Cuba that he was committed to destroying, Rodriguez was directly shocked.
Then he uttered something like this: "If this is true, it will be the most disappointing thing of my life." ”
Screenshot from the report of "Wall Street**") Finally, it is worth mentioning that although Che Guevara was killed by Rodriguez's team, the person who directly pulled the trigger and shot him through the chest was a Bolivian ** soldier named Mario Tran. And fate also gave him a very dramatic end.
After being discharged from the army, the incognito Tran once suffered from cataracts, a disease that seriously affects his vision, but in 2007, he was treated by the free doctor program (also known as "Operation Miracle") implemented by Cuba in many parts of the world, without spending a penny, so that Tran thanked the Cuban doctors through his son's special newspaper - this incident also caused many Western ** onlookers at the time.
Coincidentally, that year coincided with the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara's murder.
So, after learning about this, the Cuban newspaper Granma wrote in an article in memory of Che Guevara:
40 years ago, Mario Tran tried to destroy a dream, an idea. But Che Guevara returned and won, and he's been fighting it ever since. ”
Global Times