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INSPECTOR RAL
3 June 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Inspector General
SUBJECT: Statement by Benton H. Mizones concerning.
Shis assignment Bolivia in 1967 and-.his role
in the capture of Ernesto Che GUEVARA,
. de la Serna.
REFERENCE: Memo dated 29 May 1975
1. The undersigned met with Benton H. Mizones, contract
employee,.on 2 and 3 June .to obtain his story about his
assignment to Bolivia in 1967. This query is.based upon ref
interview, during which Mizor.es mentioned that hehad re-
transmitted an order from Colonel Joaquin Zenteno Anaya,
:Commander of the 8th Division of the Bolivian Army, to a'
Bolivian sergeant, which resulted-in the execution of Ernesto
*Chel GUEVARA de la Serna, Cuban leader of the. guerrillas then
*operating.in Bolivia.
2. Mizones said that his assignment came about after an
interview held in Miami in June or July.of 1967, at which time
he was a:.case officer working for the Miami office. He had
been selected for.thejob interview-because-of his para-
military training and experienice. He was asked if he would
agree to serve with a fellow Cuban.. He
accepted. He was told that he was to go to Bolivia with ! .. .
E -]where they would be engaged in training intelligence
e the 2nd Ranger Battalion of the Eighth Division of
the Bolivian Army. He was also told that he an
would be assigned to the 2nd Ranger. Battalion as advisots
and would be based in the town of Esperanza. While. in Miami,-
he and were given briefings about the politicil and
guerrilla situation in Bolivia, and he was given a refresher
course in communications. Mizones and were told
that there were strong.indications tha. uevara was leading
the guerrillas. Among the instructions given them was a clear
one that in the event that the Bolivian Army captured Guevara,
they should do everything possible to keep him alive.
.3. They were introduced to their future case officer.
in Washington, who was to be in liaison with the Bolivian
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