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Carlos, also known as Carlos the Jackal, [2] is a 2010 French-German biographical film and television miniseries about the life of Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, nicknamed Carlos the Jackal, covering his first series of attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994.
Ramírez Sánchez, son of Marxist lawyer José Altagracia Ramírez Navas and Elba María Sánchez, was born in Michelena, in the Venezuelan state of Táchira. [12] Despite his mother's pleas to give their firstborn child a Christian first name, José called him Ilyich, after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, while two younger siblings were named "Lenin" (born 1951) and "Vladimir" (born 1958). [13]
Per Encyclopedia Britannica, “During a search of one of Carlos’s London safe houses, a journalist uncovered a copy of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal, and Carlos was soon dubbed ...
Carlos led his team past two Austrian police officers in the building's lobby and up to the first floor, where a police officer, an Iraqi plainclothes security guard and a young Libyan economist, Yusuf al-Azmarly, were shot dead. As Carlos entered the conference room and fired shots into the ceiling, the delegates ducked under the table.
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History's Greatest Mysteries is an American documentary television series that aired on the History Channel. ... "Carlos the Jackal" 10. "Devil's Island: Hell on Earth"
PARIS, March 28 (Reuters) - A French court sent Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, back to jail for his third life sentence on Tuesday after convicting him of a ...
His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries Carlos won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor, [3] [4] and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor. [5] He then played a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film Hands of ...