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Born in Venezuela, he was considered one of the most notorious political militants of the 1970s and 80s.
After years on the run, he was captured in the Sudanese capital Khartoum in 1994.
Former CIA operative Billy Waugh tracked him down.
He spoke to Alex Last in 2014, before his death in 2023.
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Personal
Birth date: October 12, 1949
Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela
Birth name: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
Father: José Altagracia Ramírez Navas, a Marxist, millionaire lawyer
Mother: Elba Maria Sánchez
Marriages: Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (2001-2024, her death); Lana Jarrar; Magdalena Kopp (divorced)
Children: with Magdalena Kopp: Elba Rosa; Two daughters and a son with unnamed mothers.
Education: Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow 1968-1970, expelled
Religion: Converted to Islam in the early 1990s
Other Facts
His father named him after Vladmir IIyich Lenin.
Has taken credit for more than 80 murders.
(Photo: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka “Carlos”. Credit: Thomas Coex / AFP via Getty Images)