[NYTr] BBC on Cuban Docs Saving Eyesight of Che's Murderer

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

Teran was a lowly enlisted man who was ordered to carry out the
assasination after he drew the short straw. Che's famous last
quote, "Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man." was
was apparently required to stiffen Teran's spine enough to follow
his orders. Now he's old, and was blinded by cataracts when two 
years ago he was accepted for FREE surgery by Cuban doctors who
restored his sight as part of the Cuban-Venezuelan Operation 
Miracle program.

This was also reported by The Guardian. SEE:
"Cuban Doctors Restore Sought of Che's Killer" 10/2/07
http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20071001/069401.html

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MEANWHILE, the US-paid counterrevolutionary mercenary who was part of
the CIA-ordered Bolivian army operation to assassinate Che, and who
stole a map and other tropies like a set of fingerprints and a lock of
Che's hair from his body (which Gustavo Villoldo he has been flashing 
around Miami reporters  for years) is putting them up for auction on
Oct 25-26, 2007 at some auction house in Dallas. Guess the CIA
pension isn't buying as much rum for the scum as it used to. See
three reports from AP, UPI, and Herald Sun, Australia here:

"Gusano CIA Operative to Auction Off Lock of Che's Hair" 9/4/07
http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20070903/067683.html


BBC News - Oct 2, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7023706.stm

Cubans treat man who killed Che

Cuban doctors working in Bolivia have saved the sight of the man who
executed revolutionary leader Che Guevara in 1967, Cuban official media
report.

Mario Teran, a Bolivian army sergeant, shot dead Che Guevara after he
was captured in Bolivia's eastern lowlands.

Cuban media reported news of the surgery ahead of the 40th anniversary
of Che's death on 9 October.

Mr Teran had cataracts removed under a Cuban programme to offer free
eye treatment across Latin America.

The operation on Mr Teran took place last year and was first revealed
when his son wrote to a Bolivian newspaper to thank the Cuban doctors
for restoring his father's sight.

But Cuban media took up the story at the weekend as the island prepares
for commemorations to mark Che Guevara's death 40 years ago.

"Four decades after Mario Teran attempted to destroy a dream and an
idea, Che returns to win yet another battle," the Communist Party's
official newspaper Granma proclaimed.

"Now an old man, he [Teran] can once again appreciate the colours of
the sky and the forest, enjoy the smiles of his grandchildren and watch
football games."

Wounded

Che Guevara, who played a key role in the Cuban revolution of 1959,
travelled to Bolivia in 1966 to start a social revolution.

But in October 1967, the Bolivian army, with assistance from the CIA,
captured Guevara and his remaining fighters.

Che Guevara, wounded in the fighting, was taken to a schoolhouse in the
village of La Higuera on 8 October where the soldiers debated what to
do with him.

Mario Teran is reported to have drawn the short straw and been ordered
to execute the captured guerrilla.

Che Guevara was killed on 9 October and his body taken to a hospital in
nearby Vallegrande, where his corpse was paraded before the world's
media.

In 1997 his remains were discovered, exhumed and returned to Cuba,
where he was reburied.