Carlos the Jackal

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Carlos the Jackal

Venezuelan terrorist

Also known as: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

Written by Michael Ray

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Last Updated: Dec 13, 2024 • Article History

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Byname of:: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

Born:: October 12, 1949, Caracas, Venezuela (age 75)

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Carlos the Jackal (born October 12, 1949, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan militant who orchestrated some of the highest-profile terrorist attacks of the 1970s and ’80s. Ramírez was born into an upper-class Venezuelan family; his father operated a lucrative law practice. Ramírez’s father was a committed Marxist, and Ramírez received an education that emphasized communist political theory and revolutionary thought. Ramírez also traveled extensively, in the company of his socialite mother, and acquired a taste for a lavish playboy lifestyle that seemed to be at odds with his professed communist beliefs. After a stint in a British preparatory school, Ramírez ...(100 of 943 words)

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