Located at about 60 km from Vallegrande, the village of La Higuera was the place where Che had his last fight. In 1967, Che led a first battle against the Bolivian Army in the Abra Batan, and then a second one in the Quebrada del Churo, where and when he has been hurt during the fight. He was captured and executed in the village’s school on Octobre 9th in 1967. Then, his body was transferred and exposed in the laundry of the village of Vallegrande.