CIA agent who helped kill Che Guevara to sell icon's hair

[LeighAnn]

Source: Reuters via Pipeline News

One of the men who tracked down and killed Ernesto "Che" Guevara is selling a dozen strands of the iconic revolutionary's hair at auction on Thursday. The sale has generated protests from both Guevara's widow and supporters around the world.

The lock of hair and other artifacts, including photos of Che's dead body and fingerprints taken post-mortem, are being offered with a minimum bid level of 100,000 dollars.

The items belong to Gustavo Villoldo, who was an American CIA liaison to a group of US Rangers authorized by the Bolivian government to apprehend Che Guevara 40 years ago this month.

"He kept some remembrances of the whole experience, but until now he's never been willing to part with them," said Tom Slater, of Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas.

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[shenmue]

1. Tasteless, anyone?

He hated him so much, he...wants to make a lot of money off of him. :eyes:

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[BridgeTheGap]

3. How does he prove that its Che's hair?

Pretty sick.

[EFerrari]

4. That's disgraceful. Welcome to your Karma, Gustavo. n/t

[shain from kane]

5. Reminds me of Prescott Bush. There's a place for those strands of hair, The Tomb at Skull and Bones.

[tuckessee]

6. Is this any different than selling Lincoln's, Dillinger's, Monroe's or Elvis' hair?

Odds are, if anybody buys the lot, it will be a supporter of Che.

[Mojorabbit]

7. No class

no integrity.

[IntravenousDemilo]

8. He's just being a capitalist...

...a grasping, opportunistic, immoral, unethical, typical capitalist.

[Hawkowl]

9. Revolting nt

[John Q. Citizen]

10. What a fucking ghoul.

[GeminiProgressive]

11. too bad it wasn't the other way around

with Che winning that fight.

[fedupfisherman]

15. Against US Special Forces?

n/t

[LeighAnn]

12. Nobody's going to be wearing "Gustavo Villoldo" shirts 40 years from now! EOM

[pattmarty]

13. I've got some Ronnie Reagan thin grey hair I'm going to put on E bay.

[Big_Mike]

14. How grotesque

Everyone is out for the buck. What a ghoul.