Ernesto “Che” Guevara was murdered on October 9, 1967, by the Bolivian 2nd Ranger Battalion. Che was captured alive on October 8, but the Bolivian regime feared a trial would rally support for the revolutionary cause, and decided to summarily execute their wounded prisoner. A CIA agent instructed the executioners to shoot Che from the neck down, to falsely claim that he died from wounds received in battle. Roughly four years later, on the morning of April 1, 1971, a young woman entered the Bolivian consulate in Hamburg claiming to be an Australian tourist seeking travel advice, and requested a meeting with the consul, Roberto Quintanilla Pereira. Quintanilla was (in)famous for ordering the amputation of Che’s hands after his murder, which he delivered to his superiors as a trophy. That action made him a target for the ENL (National Liberation Army). Fearing for his life, Quintanilla requested to be assigned overseas. But moving to Hamburg proved futile: as he sat down for his meeting with the “Australian tourist,” she shot him at close range. The shots alerted Quintanilla’s wife, however, and in her hasty escape the mysterious woman lost her revolver. The story of Quintanilla’s murder is the starting point for …