Che Guevara was the Argentine revolutionary executed in [[Bolivia]] in 1967 with the participation of [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent [[Felix Rodriguez]], a [[Bay of Pigs|Bay of Pigs]] veteran who later managed the Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Base. Rodriguez had been present at Guevara's capture and execution, an experience that burnished his credentials as a counterinsurgency specialist.[^1] ### The Rodriguez Connection Rodriguez's participation in the Guevara operation established him as one of the CIA's most trusted Cuban operatives. His later assignment to manage the Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Base in [[San Salvador]] demonstrated how the CIA recycled operatives from earlier Cold War operations into the Contra war. The same networks of Cuban exiles built during anti-Castro operations, including the Guevara hunt, were later deployed to support the Contras, bringing with them established connections to the drug trade and covert warfare.[^2] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 15. [^2]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 15.