Debray recounts that Guevara and the others had been suffering an "illness" which caused their hands and feet to swell into "mounds of flesh" to the point where you could not discern the fingers on their hands.
Debray menjelaskan bahwa Guevara dan yang lainnya terserang sebuah "penyakit" yang menyebabkan tangan dan kaki mereka membengkak seperti "gumpalan daging" sehingga jari-jari di tangan mereka tak dapat lagi dikenali.