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The Cuban citizen
October 5, 2007
In Mexico, 1956, Guevara was attracted to Fidel Castro's movement, and eventually helped it seize power from Cuban dictator General Fulgencio Batista three years later.
In the months that followed, after being proclaimed 'a Cuban citizen by birth' in recognition of his role, he was given the task of overseeing the trials of suspected war criminals from the previous regime.
Some reports -- which would continue to haunt his legacy ever after -- suggest between 156 and 550 people were executed on his orders.
Photograph: A life-size statue of Ernesto Che Guevara, holding a child, graces the Cuban Communist Party building in Santa Clara, 185 miles east of La Havana. Photograph: Rene Calvo/AFP/Getty Images
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