Jackal killer biography. Carlos the Jackal turned to the President of the Russian Federation with a request for citizenship. Early life

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was born in 1949 in Venezuela. Carlos received his strange name, Ilyich, oddly enough, in honor of the Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. So, his father, lawyer and passionate communist José Altagarcia Ramírez-Navas, named all his sons in honor of the Soviet revolutionary leader - Ilyich’s two brothers are named Vladimir and Lenin, respectively.

The boy grew up in an atmosphere of belief in world revolution. Already by adolescence, he shared the political views of his father and began to passionately hate “world imperialism.” The boy dreamed of becoming, like his father, a lawyer, as well as a professional revolutionary.

In the mid-1960s, he joined a communist youth organization, and later his parents divorced and his mother took the children to London. Ramirez studied at Stafford House College in Kensington, and after graduating he went to study at the London School of Economics. In 1968, Ilyich and his brother named Lenin briefly studied at the University. Patrice Lumumba in Moscow (Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow), and in 1970 it was from Moscow that the young man went to Beirut, Lebanon.

It was in Lebanon in 1970 that he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). By the way, he visited camps for training young terrorists as a child - his father more than once sent him to such organizations for the summer. It was in Lebanon that Ilyich Ramirez received his nickname - Carlos, who gave him this name Bassam Abu Sharif for his Latin American origin. But journalists later gave the terrorist the nickname Jackal - during a search in his hotel room, the book “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth was found.

Carlos the Jackal began his active terrorist activities in the early 1970s, but from the very beginning he was not successful - an attempt to eliminate the Jewish businessman and Zionist Joseph Edward Sieff failed.

Several other terrorist attacks followed - a bomb at Bank Hapoalim in London, an attack on three French newspapers, and a failed terrorist attack on the Israeli airline El Al at Paris Orly Airport in 1975.

The Jackal was also attributed to participation in other terrorist acts, but there is no exact evidence of this.

The most famous terrorist attack involving Carlos the Jackal is the attack on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna in December 1975. Hostages were captured, and Carlos and his group of six people subsequently managed to obtain a fueled plane, on which the terrorists and the hostages flew away. The hostages were later released for money, and the terrorists fled to the Middle East. By the way, Carlos the Jackal himself considered this operation a failure.

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Carlos the Jackal converted to Islam in the same year 1975, on the eve of his 26th birthday. This happened in the training camp of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He hid in the countries of the Middle East for many years, and no particularly high-profile cases were identified with his participation, which, however, did not mean that the terrorist was inactive.

The French authorities captured Carlos the Jackal in 1994 and handed him over to the Sudanese authorities after much delay. In 1997, he received a life sentence in the Paris prison La Santé Prison. He was later transferred to Clairvaux Prison.

In 2003, Carlos’ autobiographical book, “Revolutionary Islam,” was published, in which he talks about religion in general and the Islam he adopted in particular.

At the end of 2011, the court brought new charges against the terrorist, and Carlos the Jackal received a second life sentence for organizing terrorist attacks in France, which killed a total of 11 people.

“I am proud that among members of the Palestinian resistance I set a record for the number of successful operations,” Carlos said in an interview.

The image of Carlos the Jackal is very widely replicated in modern cinema and literature. Thus, the terrorist became the hero of several books, as well as films (the spy thriller “The Assignment” / “The Double”), and even appeared in the song of the group “Black Grape” and in the video game “James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire”.

“I don’t regret anything I’ve done. But I do regret the evolution of the modern world, the collapse of the USSR and the fact that we have not yet been able to liberate Palestine.”

14.03.2017

Carlos the Jackal
Ramirez Sanchez Ilyich

International Terrorist

Ramirez Sanchez was born on October 12, 1949 in Caracas, Venezuela. His father, being a fanatical communist, named him after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The other two sons are named Vladimir and Lenin. The boy grew up in an atmosphere of belief in world revolution. Already by adolescence, he shared the political views of his father and began to passionately hate “world imperialism.” The boy dreamed of becoming, like his father, a lawyer, as well as a professional revolutionary.

In the mid-1960s, he joined a communist youth organization, and later his parents divorced and his mother took the children to London. Ramirez studied at Stafford House College in Kensington, and after graduating he went to study at the London School of Economics. In 1968, Ilyich, together with his brother named Lenin, studied at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. In 1970, he was expelled from the university for his wild life and the creation of associations among students. After leaving Moscow in 1970, the young man went to the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

It was in Lebanon in 1970 that he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. By the way, he visited camps for training young terrorists as a child - his father more than once sent him to similar organizations for the summer. It was in Lebanon that Ilyich Ramirez received his nickname - Carlos; Bassam Abu Sharif gave him this name for his Latin American origin. But journalists later gave the terrorist the nickname Jackal - during a search in his hotel room, the book “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsythe was found.

Carlos the Jackal began his active terrorist activities in the early 1970s, but from the very beginning he was not successful - an attempt to eliminate the Jewish businessman and Zionist Edward Schiff failed.

After that, he carried out several terrorist attacks - attacks on the Bank of Hapoalim, three French newspapers using cars with explosives, two unsuccessful grenade attacks on El Al airliners at Paris-Orly airport, as well as a Parisian restaurant where 2 people were killed.

The most famous terrorist attack involving Carlos the Jackal is the attack on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna in December 1975. 42 people were taken hostage, including several ministers of European states. Carlos and his group of six people subsequently managed to obtain a fueled plane, on which the terrorists and the hostages flew away. The hostages were later released for money, and the terrorists fled to the Middle East.

Carlos the Jackal converted to Islam in the same year 1975, on the eve of his 26th birthday. This happened in the training camp of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He hid in the countries of the Middle East for many years, and no particularly high-profile cases involving his participation were identified.

The Jackal was also attributed to participation in other terrorist acts, but there is no exact evidence of this. What is certain is that he took an active part in hostilities against the Jordanian armed forces, earning a good reputation.

In 1994, Sudan handed Carlos over to French authorities, who sought his extradition for murders committed in the early 1970s.

In December 1997, Carlos was sentenced to life imprisonment at La Santé Prison in Paris. He was later transferred to Clairvaux Prison.

In 2003, Carlos’ autobiographical book, “Revolutionary Islam,” was published, in which he talks about religion in general and the Islam he adopted in particular.

In December 2011, a court in France handed Carlos a second life sentence for organizing four bombings in France, which killed 11 people and injured more than 100.

The image of Carlos the Jackal appears in Robert Ludlum's trilogy The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum. Also appears in the book Marathon in Spanish Harlem by Gerard de Villiers. The image of Karl the Jackal appeared several times in cinema: “True Lies”, “The Double”, Frederick Forsythe, “The Day of the Jackal”.

An international terrorist who committed more than 100 terrorist attacks and worked for a variety of international organizations, including the Red Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Japanese Red Army and others. Currently, Carlos the Jackal is serving time in a French prison.

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was born in 1949 in Venezuela. Carlos received his strange name, Ilyich, oddly enough, in honor of the Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. So, his father, lawyer and passionate communist José Altagarcia Ramírez-Navas, named all his sons in honor of the Soviet revolutionary leader - Ilyich’s two brothers are named Vladimir and Lenin, respectively.

The boy grew up in an atmosphere of belief in world revolution. Already by adolescence, he shared the political views of his father and began to passionately hate “world imperialism.” The boy dreamed of becoming, like his father, a lawyer, as well as a professional revolutionary.

In the mid-1960s, he joined a communist youth organization, and later his parents divorced and his mother took the children to London. Ramirez studied at Stafford House College in Kensington, and after graduating he went to study at the London School of Economics. In 1968, Ilyich and his brother named Lenin briefly studied at the University. Patrice Lumumba in Moscow (Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow), and in 1970 it was from Moscow that the young man went to Beirut, Lebanon.

It was in Lebanon in 1970 that he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). By the way, he visited camps for training young terrorists as a child -

his father more than once sent him to similar organizations for the summer. It was in Lebanon that Ilyich Ramirez received his nickname - Carlos, who gave him this name Bassam Abu Sharif for his Latin American origin. But journalists later gave the terrorist the nickname Jackal - during a search in his hotel room, the book “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth was found.

Carlos the Jackal began his active terrorist activities in the early 1970s, but from the very beginning he was not successful - an attempt to eliminate the Jewish businessman and Zionist Joseph Edward Sieff failed.

Several other terrorist attacks followed - a bomb at Bank Hapoalim in London, an attack on three French newspapers, and a failed terrorist attack on the Israeli airline El Al at Paris Orly Airport in 1975.

The Jackal was also attributed to participation in other terrorist acts, but there is no exact evidence of this.

The most famous terrorist attack involving Carlos the Jackal is the attack on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna in December 1975. Hostages were captured, and Carlos and his group of six people subsequently managed to obtain a fueled plane, on which the terrorists and the hostages flew away. The hostages were later released for money, and the terrorists fled to the Middle East. By the way, Carlos the Jackal himself considered this operation a failure.

Carlos the Jackal accepted Islam in the same year 1975, on the eve of St.

his 26th birthday. This happened in the training camp of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He hid in the countries of the Middle East for many years, and no particularly high-profile cases were identified with his participation, which, however, did not mean that the terrorist was inactive.

The French authorities captured Carlos the Jackal in 1994 and handed him over to the Sudanese authorities after much delay. In 1997, he received a life sentence in the Paris prison La Santé Prison. He was later transferred to Clairvaux Prison.

In 2003, Carlos’ autobiographical book, “Revolutionary Islam,” was published, in which he talks about religion in general and the Islam he adopted in particular.

At the end of 2011, the court brought new charges against the terrorist, and Carlos the Jackal received a second life sentence for organizing terrorist attacks in France, which killed a total of 11 people.

“I am proud that among members of the Palestinian resistance I set a record for the number of successful operations,” Carlos said in an interview.

The image of Carlos the Jackal is very widely replicated in modern cinema and literature. Thus, the terrorist became the hero of several books, as well as films (the spy thriller “The Assignment” / “The Double”), and even appeared in the song of the group “Black Grape” and in the video game “James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire”.

“I don’t regret anything I’ve done. But I regret the evolution of the modern world, the collapse of the USSR and the fact that we have not yet been able to liberate Palestine.”

Carlos Ilyich Ramirez "The Jackal"

"The biggest terrorist is the USA"

Igor Gashkov, Andrey Veselov

Carlos Ilyich Ramirez, nicknamed “The Jackal,” was a legend of the leftist underground of the 1970s. The fighter against capitalist orders gained worldwide fame after a terrorist attack: the taking of hostages at the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna. 11 ministers ended up in the hands of a supporter of Marx and Lenin, the police fulfilled all the conditions of the kidnapper. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Carlos Ilyich Ramirez, serving a life sentence in a French prison, spoke about the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Islamic terrorism, the Cuban Revolution and Vladimir Putin.

Ilyich is not a patronymic, but a given name. Carlos' father, a successful Venezuelan lawyer, was a great admirer of the "leader of the world proletariat" and named his three sons Vladimir, Ilyich and Lenin. Carlos studied in Moscow, at the Peoples' Friendship University, but dropped out and went to Europe, where he met left-wing radicals.

Disillusioned with the Soviet version of communism, the Jackal focused on nationalist movements in developing countries. Gradually, the revolutionary's political ideals changed. Having joined the Palestinian militants, Carlos abandoned the atheism characteristic of communists and converted to Islam. He received his nickname after a search of his hotel room revealed the novel “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsythe. In 1994, French intelligence services arrested Carlos on charges of terrorist attacks committed in Paris.

© AP Photo/Eliza Parmentier

The unraveling of the radical's connections lasted for decades. The Jackal was sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment. The last trial in one of his many cases ended only at the end of 2017.

The prison did not change Carlos: he still believes that the main cause of disasters on the planet is US policy.

US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. What do you think about it?

“I am a Venezuelan by the blood of my parents and a Palestinian by the blood that I shed for the liberation of Palestine. I am both Venezuelan and Palestinian at the same time. I want to remind my brothers, my sisters, my Palestinian children that the struggle is not over, that everything continues, that the struggle will end in victory. Because fear is not on our side. Look at the young Palestinian men, at the women, at those who take to the streets: there are so many of them, they protest, they do not give up! And we must never forget that a million Palestinians were born outside of Palestine. Think about these refugees who will return, who have a right to their land. I hope to live to see Palestine free for everyone, both Jews and Arabs.

How to counter Islamic terrorism?

- War is terror, war is terrorism. Western imperialist countries are fighting against Muslims. Millions of Muslims are dying everywhere. So terrorism exists, but it is state terrorism, terrorism from Western states - and it kills millions.

The main terrorist is the USA. This is much more serious.

There is only one way to stop what you called Islamic terrorism - to recognize the rights of Muslims and, most importantly, to eliminate those hypocritical regimes, criminal and very rich from oil extracted in the deserts of Arabia, to evacuate all aggressive forces from the territory of Arab countries. Then peace and happiness will come to these lands. The borders of most Arab countries were drawn by the imperialists, primarily the British. And after them came the Americans.

Muslims must be free and the foreign presence in Islamic lands must be fought. The worst thing is that these imperialist countries invade, kill, commit mass murder in the name of democracy and human rights. But where is democracy? In France, the country where the French Revolution took place, people do not go to the polls. And the votes of the majority of citizens are not taken into account in parliamentary elections. What kind of democracy is this? France does not have a direct proportional system to make every vote count, but such a system is necessary.

You were raised in a Christian culture but then converted to Islam. Why?

— I was raised in an atheistic environment. God? What is God? Is this like Stalin? But then I began to have doubts about the atheism that was instilled in me.

There is little good in the Catholic religion that dominates Venezuela. There are religions that are not even religions, but simply systems of oppression, lies and manipulation, and this is widespread everywhere. Such elements can be found in all faiths. Look what's happening now. There are, for example, Buddhist fanatics. Buddhism is not at all a religion of love and peace! They attack poor Muslims. This is happening in Myanmar.

The difference between Christianity and Islam is that Islam is a logical consequence of Christianity.

Socialism is still being built in Cuba. How do you evaluate their success?

— I have never been to Cuba for personal reasons. But who are we, all the people of the world, to give advice to the Cubans? They have made mistakes and may still make them. But Cuba is an independent (he emphasizes this with his voice - editor's note) and a socialist country. And for this she should be respected.

© AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Do you dream of liberation? What would you do if you were free?

- Yes, I dream of liberation. But I cannot say what I would have done: France did not free me. Only I am not a prisoner of France, but a prisoner of American imperialism. In my homeland, Venezuela, Maduro is in power - a true Bolivarian, although there is corruption in the country. If I were free, I would offer my experience to cleanse my country of corruption.

Which modern politicians do you respect?

- This is a delicate question. There are not many politicians in the world whom I would respect. But, of course, this is Comrade Putin.

In my part of the world, of course, Raul Castro. Cuba is an independent country.

Raul Castro was side by side with Fidel. I hope he continues the same line. And the Chinese leaders who brought the country out of poverty deserve respect, so that China will soon become the first power in the world - politically, economically and even culturally.

And Hugo Chavez, who died, he was an extraordinary person. I also made mistakes, but this is inevitable. However, he set an example for all Latin American countries. There is something that directly concerns my case: Chavez broke off diplomatic relations with Israel. No Arab country would dare to do this.

On October 12, 1949, a son was born to wealthy lawyer Jose Altagracia Ramirez Navas in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas. The father of the future terrorist, who amazingly combined private law practice and communist beliefs, gave his sons names exotic for Latin America - Vladimir, Ilyich and Lenin. Subsequently, neither Vladimir nor Lenin happened to prove themselves anything special. But Ilyich was destined for a completely different fate. In less than 25 years, the whole world will know his name.

When the boy was 12 years old, his father enrolled him in the Caracas Lyceum, which was famous for free-thinking. Two years later, Ramirez was already a member of the Communist Youth of Venezuela, an organization similar to the Soviet Komsomol.

Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez, 1973

Young Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez was a terrible idealist and romantic, he dreamed of a world revolution and vowed to give his life for this dream. The father not only did not destroy his son’s “plans,” but, on the contrary, contributed to their speedy implementation. He did not forbid 15-year-old Ilyich from participating in the street protests that swept the country, building barricades and fighting with police. And after graduating from the lyceum, he sent the young man to study strategy and methods of revolutionary struggle in Cuba. So Ramirez ended up in a partisan school on Liberty Island, where he was very well trained in everything that is required of an underground fighter and terrorist. He mastered shooting and hand-to-hand combat, learned how to mine buildings and enemy equipment, and in a couple of months turned into a budding saboteur.

The name Ilyich Carlos the Jackal was given in honor of Lenin.

In 1966, the mother, who had previously turned a blind eye to raising her son, took the children from seething Venezuela to good old England. Ramirez went to study at the College of Economics, but his father wanted a different life for him and got Ilyich enrolled at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University. Ramirez incredibly liked Moscow - beautiful young ladies, lots of booze, a condescending attitude towards students’ knowledge...

Carlos the Jackal with his wife Magdalena Kopp and daughter Rosa

Young revolutionaries from all over the world gathered at a Moscow university. The friends with whom student Ramirez became especially close turned out to be Palestinian terrorists. From his course in Moscow he learned hatred of imperialism and Zionism and demonstrated this position by participating in a demonstration at the Libyan embassy. For this prank he was immediately expelled from the university and expelled from the country. So he ended up in Paris, where he immediately joined the ranks of revolutionary Palestinians. From there, from France, he wrote words of gratitude to his father and vowed to do everything he had to do. Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez was 22 years old.

The attack on OPEC headquarters is Carlos's most famous "case"

Ilyich’s appearance did not correspond well with his ideas about a fiery revolutionary. He understood this perfectly. Tendency to be overweight, with the face of a stockbroker, not memorable, not standing out from the crowd, Ramirez learned to act and change his appearance, which, as it turned out, is very important in secret work. Ilyich turned out to be a master of disguise. And his unmemorable appearance for his chosen profession was a real gift from heaven.

Ramirez carried out his first “case” together with comrades from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He planted a time bomb in the cargo hold of a plane flying from Zurich to Tel Aviv. February 21, 1970 can be considered the debut of “terrorist No. 1.” The plane explosion claimed about 200 lives.

Palestinian friends recommended Ramirez for training at a Jordanian training camp. There he became the best student of the terrorist Georges Habash, to whom, in fact, he owes the nickname “Carlos.” Directly from this camp, the PFLP sent him to London, where he was tasked with tracking future targets totaling 500 people. Of course, Jews and Zionists were potential targets. In a couple of years, Carlos rose to the rank of head of the PFLP in Europe. Now he himself was planning European operations, the list of which was becoming longer and longer.

On the eve of 1974, he attempted to remove the president of Marks & Spencer, Joseph Edward Schiff, but was unsuccessful. Then in August 1974 (equally unsuccessfully) he organized bombings near four news agencies in Paris that were sympathetic to Israel in their publications.

In September, together with the Japanese Red Army (KAJA), he organized the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague. And when the negotiations didn’t yield anything, he simply threw a hand grenade into the crowd. Two were killed, 33 people were injured, but the embassy immediately accepted KAYA's demands. In December of the same year, together with the Junta of Revolutionary Coordination, he killed the Uruguayan attaché in France. In January 1975, together with the Palestinians, he twice tried to blow up planes at Orly airport, but both times failed.

Carlos the Jackal: “Nowadays, a person is deprived of his freedom due to the fault of the media”

Carlos's fame grew, and in the summer of 1975, the terrorist's comrade Mohammed Muharbal gave the French authorities the address of one of Ilyich's girlfriends. When they came to take him, Carlos killed the agents and the traitor Muharbal, after which he fled to Lebanon, and from there he went to the GDR. In the socialist camp, Ramirez has long been eyed to be used for their own purposes. But in East Germany, the terrorist found not only a government job, but also the love of his life. He married Magdalena Kopp, who was an art critic and part-time terrorist. For some time they were cloudlessly happy. During this period, Ilyich managed to capture ministers and participants in the annual meeting at OPEC headquarters and forced the negotiators to agree to all the conditions, including the allocation of a plane on which the terrorists flew to Algeria. This was his last operation. Carlos has matured. A family man should not have risked himself.

Carlos the Jackal in court, 2000

In 1976, Ramirez settled in Hungary. Now he planned operations there, sitting in a hotel room. From there he managed a profitable arms business. But in 1982, the French imprisoned his wife Magdalena. And Ilyich made every effort to free her. At first he used the press: he gave an interview, and when it went to print, he suddenly refused to publish it. The article was published anyway, and Carlos carried out an explosion at the magazine's offices in Paris. One person was killed and 64 were injured.

Then there was an explosion on the Paris-Toulouse train, at the Saint-Charles station in Marseille, and even the launch of two missiles at a nuclear power plant. The police were at a loss, and Ramirez demanded the release of his wife and other members of the terrorist organization. The French did not agree. Over the course of 3 years, explosions occurred every now and then and people died. So in 1985, Magdalena and several of her accomplices were finally released.

The married couple settled in Syria, where in 1986 their daughter Elba Rosa was born. But in 1991, Carlos broke up with Magdalena and married a young Jordanian. In the Middle East, he moved from country to country and finally settled in Sudan. Ilyich retired, although he still terrified and embarrassed world politicians. The United States blamed him for the deaths of 200 marines in Beirut, the British kept a list of his intended victims, the French counted the dead and maimed. For any of his past sins, he could be tried and sent to prison. He was responsible for major failures of the intelligence services and 80 people he killed with his own hands.

The agents watching Carlos reported that the ex-terrorist drinks, indulges in excesses, wears expensive suits and regularly visits doctors. Ilyich began to rapidly gain weight from idleness. He was considering plastic surgery. It was then that nobody wanted Carlos, or the Jackal, as journalists “christened” him, and they took him straight from the doctor. The reason for this was the war in the Persian Gulf and the report that Saddam Hussein was going to pay Ilyich $50 million for organizing a guerrilla war.

When Carlos recovered a little from the operation, he was “transferred” supposedly to a military hospital, but in fact he was arrested and taken to France. There he was tried. True, they were able to bring a rather modest charge - the murder of two Parisian police officers and Mohammed Muharbal back in 1975. For this he was sentenced to life imprisonment, which he is still serving.