Ezi ndaba zabhengezwa liphephandaba laseMexico elithi "La Hornada", ngokubhekiselele kwiingxelo zosapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe kwiintanethi zentlalo.
UVsevolod Volkov, ongumzukulwana kaLev Trotsky - omnye wabaququzeleli be-Okthobha Revolution ngo-1917, wafa eneminyaka engama-97 eMexico, iphephandaba laseMexico elithi "Hornada" labika, licaphula iingxelo zentsapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe kwiinethiwekhi zentlalo yoluntu. .
UVolkov wazalelwa kwindawo eyayisakuba yiSoviet Union ngo-1926, yaye ngowe-1939, kunye notatomkhulu wakhe uLeon Trotsky, bafika eMexico, apho wafunda khona imichiza. Ngomnyaka we-1990, umzukulu waguqula ikhaya lentsapho kwikomkhulu laseMexico kwi-museum yendlu yaseTrotsky, ubhala "Hornada". Iphephandaba liphawula ukuba uVolkov waba lingqina lokugqibela lokubulawa kukaTrotsky ngo-1940 eMexico.
Ngaphambi nje kokufa kukaLenin ngowe-1924, kwaqalisa ukruthakruthwano lwangaphakathi eLeon Trotsky yaseRashiya, apho uLeon Trotsky woyiswa khona. NgoNovemba 1927 wagxothwa kwelo qela, yaye ngowe-1929 wagxothwa kwindawo eyayisakuba yiSoviet Union. Ngo-1932, uTrotsky wahluthwa nokuba ngummi waseSoviet ngoko, ikhumbula i-TASS.
Ngo-1937, uTrotsky wafumana indawo yokukhosela yezopolitiko eMexico, apho wayigxeka kabukhali imigaqo kaStalin. Kungekudala kwaziwa ukuba ukubulawa kwakhe kwakulungiselelwa ngamagosa ezobuntlola baseSoviet ngoko. NgoMeyi 24, 1940, ilinge lokuqala lokubulala lenziwa eTrotsky, kodwa wasinda. Noko ke, ngo-Agasti 20, 1940, igosa elifihlakeleyo le-People’s Commissariat of the Interior, uRamon Mercader, umkomanisi waseSpeyin owayexhasa uStalinist owaziswa ngeminyaka yee-1930 kwindawo awayekuyo, weza kumtyelela waza wakwazi ukumbulala. kwikhaya lakhe kwikomkhulu laseMexico.
UTrotsky wayesazi ukuba wayesoloko ejoliswe kuStalin, kwaye wayeza kuzingelwa ngempindezelo. Waxela kwangaphambili ukuba kwakuza kubakho amalinge angakumbi okumbulala, yaye wayenyanisile. Yintoni uTrotsky awayengayilindelanga kukuba umntu ongaqhelekanga ogama linguRamón Mercader, owayehlala phantsi kwegama elingu-Jacques Mornard kwaye wayethandana nonobhala weTrotsky uSylvia Ageloff, wayeza kuba nguye owayeza kumbulala ekugqibeleni. UMercader wenze ngathi uyavelana kwaye uxhasa izimvo zikaTrotsky ukuze angabonakali ekrokra okanye aphakamise nasiphi na isizathu sokuxhalaba.
Ngomhla wama-20 ka-Agasti 1940, uTrotsky wayebuyele kwindlela yakhe yemihla ngemihla yokonwabela indalo nokubhala ngezopolitiko. UMercader wayecele ukudibana naye ngaloo ngokuhlwa ukuze ambonise inqaku elingoJames Burnham noMax Shachtman. U-Trotsky unyanzelekile, nangona uNatalia ephawula ukuba ungathanda ukuhlala egadini, esondla imivundla okanye ashiye yena; UTrotsky wayesoloko efumanisa ukuba iMercader iyinto encinci kwaye iyacaphukisa. UNatalia wapheleka la madoda mabini ukuya kwisifundo sikaTrotsky waza wabashiya apho. Wayifumana ingumnqa into yokuba uMercader enxibe idyasi yemvula embindini wehlobo. Xa wambuza ukuba kutheni eyinxibile kunye neebhutsi zemvula, waphendula ngelibukhali, (yaye ngoNatalia, ngokungekho ngqiqweni), “kuba kunokuba nemvula.” Akukho mntu wayesazi ngelo xesha ukuba isixhobo sokubulala, izembe lomkhenkce, sasifihlwe phantsi kwe-raincoat. Kwimizuzu nje engephi, kwavakala isikhalo esihlabayo nesoyikekayo kwelinye igumbi.
Ifoto: Leon Trotsky, wafotwa c.1918. Rijksmuseum.
