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In the fall of 1967 an elite unit of the Bolivian army
ambushed Che Guevara's band of guerrillas. Che was wounded and
captured in the encounter and later executed on October 9, 1967.
This ended an attempt by Che and his followers to spark a
revolution in the land-locked country of Bolivia.
A 16-man team of the 8th Special Forces Group was
instrumental in the capture of Che and his guerrilla band's
demise. The small team was sent to Bolivia to train up a
battalion of the Bolivian army in counterinsurgency operations.
The training of the Bolivian 2nd Ranger Battalion by the SF team
took place from June to September of 1967.
At the conclusion of the training period the trained force
went in pursuit of Che's guerrillas - and eventually weakened
them through a series of engagements over the course of a month.
The 'revolt' ended with the capture of Che.
References
Cunningham, Alan C.,
"The Effects of the U.S. Army's Special Forces in Bolivia During
Che's Foco", Small Arms Journal, November 11, 2020.
"Special Forces in Bolivia: Introduction", Veritas,
Vol. 4, No. 4, 2008. By Charles H. Briscoe.
"The Boliva Mission", Veritas, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2008.
This article by Charles H. Briscoe, PHD., covers the site survey
and mobile training team (MTT) mission preparation of the 16-man
Special Forces team that deployed to Bolivia to train the
Bolivian 2nd Ranger Battalion.
National Security Archive of the George Washington University
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/
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