has an airstrip off Av Circunvalación 2do Anillo. Personalities Che Guevara On October 8, 1967, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured by the CIA-assisted Bolivian Army nearby La Higuera, where he was killed the next day. The body was buried in Vallegrande, on an airstrip near Av. Circunvalación 2do Anillo, and was returned to Cuba in October 1997, where he was buried in a mausoleum in Santa Clara. A "Che Guevara Mausoleum" is located in Vallegrande on the former burial site and can be visited by tourists. See also War of the Republiquetas References External links Vallegrande.org website Vallegrande.com.bo website Map of Vallegrande Province Vallegrande Travel Guide The Che Trail in Bolivia Che Guevara Route, Vallegrande Region Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Che Guevara Populated places established in 1612 1612 establishments in the Spanish Empire