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Arrest by Mexican Police

Argentina · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Ernesto "Che" Guevara24 June 1956

Mexico City · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Mexican police arrest Guevara with other members of the Cuban expeditionary group preparing to sail for Cuba.

Names involved

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Provenance

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