Carlos the Jackal is a notorious international terrorist and mercenary who has been active since the late 1960s. He is believed to be responsible for numerous attacks and assassinations, including the 1975 raid on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna and the hijacking of a French airliner in 1994. He is
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–Leninist, he was one of the most notorious political terrorists of his era, protected and supported by the Stasi and the KGB. After several bungled bombings, Carlos 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.