Mario Terán (born c. 1940)[1] is the Bolivian Army sergeant who was chosen to carry out the execution of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara as a young man on October 9, 1967.

Personal life [ edit ]

Mario Terán was born around 1940[1] and is married with five children, and covertly lives in Bolivia's largest city Santa Cruz under the alias of "Pedro Salazar".[2] Some speculate that he has an agreement with the U.S. CIA, who is said to be protecting him, while others theorize that he is afraid of a Cuban unit seeking revenge.[1][2]

Health [ edit ]

2006 cataract operation [ edit ]

In 2006, Terán was treated for free under a false name for cataracts by Cuban physicians in the Cuba-Venezuela Operación Milagro (Operation Miracle) program, which restored his sight.[3]