Trotsky Meets His End

Lev Trotsky was found dead this morning in a Buenos Aires hotel room. He appears to have been strangled to death by a mountaineering sling, and the killer was apprehended by Trotsky's bodyguards before he could leave the building. Although the murderer is a Portuguese national, there is evidence linking him to the Soviet intelligence directorate GRU. It would appear that Stalin has finally dealt a mortal blow to his old rival.