Carlos the jackal biography

Venezuelan-born international terror operative (born 1949)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramírez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Spanish:[iˈlitʃraˈmiɾesˈsantʃes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–Leninist, Ramírez Sánchez was one of the most notorious political terrorists of his era,^[1][2][3] protected and supported by the Stasi and the KGB.^[4] After several bungled bombings, Ramírez Sánchez led the 1975 raid on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna, during which three people were killed. He and five others demanded a plane and flew with a number of hostages to Libya.

After his wife Magdal