Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka nūhou e ka nūpepa Mekiko "La Hornada", e pili ana i nā ʻōlelo a kona ʻohana a me kāna mau hoaaloha ma nā ʻoihana pūnaewele.
ʻO Vsevolod Volkov, ʻo ia ka moʻopuna a Lev Trotsky - kekahi o ka mea nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka ʻOkakopa Revolution i ka makahiki 1917, ua make i ka makahiki 97 ma Mexico, ua hōʻike ka nūpepa Mekiko "Hornada", e haʻi ana i nā ʻōlelo a kona ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha ma nā pūnaewele media. .
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Volkov i ka Soviet Union mua i ka makahiki 1926, a i ka makahiki 1939, me kona kupuna kāne ʻo Leon Trotsky, ua hōʻea ʻo ia i Mexico, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka kemika. I ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻololi ka moʻopuna i ka home ʻohana ma ke kapikala ʻo Mekiko i hale-museum o Trotsky, kākau ma "Hornada". Hoʻomaopopo ka nūpepa ʻo Volkov ka mea hōʻike hope loa i ka pepehi ʻana iā Trotsky i ka makahiki 1940 ma Mexico.
Ma mua koke o ka make ʻana o Lenin i ka makahiki 1924, ua hoʻomaka ka hakakā mana kūloko ma ka Leon Trotsky o Rusia, kahi i pio ai ʻo Leon Trotsky. I Nowemapa 1927 ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia mai ka pāʻina, a i ka makahiki 1929 ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia mai ka Soviet Union mua. I ka makahiki 1932, ua hoʻonele ʻia ʻo Trotsky i kona kamaʻāina Soviet, wahi a TASS.
I ka makahiki 1937, ua loaʻa ʻo Trotsky i kahi hoʻomalu politika ma Mekiko, kahi āna i hoʻohewa nui ai i nā kulekele a Stalin. Ua ʻike koke ʻia ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia kāna pepehi kanaka e nā ʻelele o ka naʻauao Soviet. Ma ka lā 24 o Mei, 1940, ua hana ʻia ka hoʻāʻo pepehi kanaka mua ma Trotsky, akā ua ola ʻo ia. I ka lā 20 o ʻAukake, 1940, ua hele mai ka ʻelele huna o ka People's Commissariat of the Interior, ʻo Ramon Mercader, he kuhina Paniolo kākoʻo-Stalinist i hoʻolauna ʻia i nā makahiki 1930 i kona wahi kokoke, e kipa aku iā ia a hiki iā ia ke pepehi iā ia. ma kona home ma ke kapikala o Mekiko.
Ua ʻike ʻo Trotsky he pahuhopu mau ʻo ia no Stalin, a e ʻimi ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻopaʻi. Ua wānana ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo hou aʻe e lawe i kona ola, a ua pololei ʻo ia. ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e Trotsky, ʻo ka mea ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Ramón Mercader, e noho ana ma lalo o ka pseudonym Jacques Mornard a e launa pū ana me ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Trotsky ʻo Sylvia Ageloff, ʻo ia ka mea e pepehi hope iā ia. Ua hoʻohalahala ʻo Mercader i ke aloha a kākoʻo i nā manaʻo o Trotsky i ʻike ʻole ʻia ka kānalua a i ʻole e hāpai i kekahi kumu e hopohopo ai.
Ma ʻAukake 20, 1940, ua hoʻi hou ʻo Trotsky i kāna hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā o ka leʻaleʻa i ke ʻano a me ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i ka politika. Ua noi ʻo Mercader e hui pū me ia i kēlā ahiahi e hōʻike iā ia i kahi ʻatikala e pili ana iā James Burnham a me Max Shachtman. Ua koi ʻo Trotsky, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Natalia e makemake ʻo ia e noho i loko o ka māla, e hānai ana i nā lapeti a waiho iā ia iho; Ua ʻike mau ʻo Trotsky iā Mercader i kahi ʻano haʻahaʻa a hoʻonāukiuki. Ua hele pū ʻo Natalia i nā kāne ʻelua i ke aʻo ʻana o Trotsky a waiho iā lāua ma laila. Ua ʻike ʻo ia he mea kupanaha ʻo Mercader e ʻaʻahu ana i ka ua i ka waena o ke kauwela. I kona nīnau ʻana iā ia i ke kumu e ʻaʻahu ai ʻo ia me nā kāmaʻa ua, ua pane ʻo ia me ka haʻahaʻa, (a no Natalia, he mea lapuwale), "no ka mea ua ua." ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i kēlā manawa ua hūnā ʻia ka mea pepehi kanaka, ʻo ke koi hau, ma lalo o ke kapa ua. I loko o kekahi mau minuke, hiki ke lohe ʻia kahi leo ʻeha a weliweli mai ke keʻena aʻe.
Kiʻi: Leon Trotsky, kiʻi ʻia i ka c.1918. Rijksmuseum.
