Revealed: the terrorist hired by the CIA to catch Carlos the Jackal
According to a new book, the Swiss leftwing extremist Bruno Bréguet was hired by the US intelligence agency to spy on his infamous boss – and contributed to his capture
September 2020
How cold war spymasters found arrogance of Carlos the Jackal too hot to handle
Terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was portrayed as ruthless, but research shows Iron Curtain regimes saw him as a liability
September 2017
Pictures reveal Carlos the Jackal's clandestine life in communist Prague
Covert images show how Czech security services kept close watch on international assassin and Munich terrorist Abu Daoud in 1970s and 80s
March 2017
Carlos the Jackal: 1974 Paris attack conviction leads to third life sentence
Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez found guilty of killing two and injuring 32 in grenade attack
Carlos the Jackal tells French court he is a 'professional revolutionary'
Venezuelan serving life in French prison gives rambling testimony on first day of trial over 1974 Paris grenade attack
Carlos the Jackal to face trial in France over 1974 bombing
Venezuelan-born terrorist, who is already serving multiple life sentences, will face court over an attack on a Paris shop that killed two men
July 2015
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 8 July 1975: Carlos the Jackal ‘in London’
The Guardian, 8 July 1975: The Venezuelan-born guerrilla is believed to have changed his appearance and has reportedly been seen in Kensington
June 2013
Ronald Payne obituary
Telegraph foreign correspondent and author of books on espionage and terrorism
May 2013
Greenslade
Ronnie Payne, Telegraph reporter and expert on espionage
Death of a foreign correspondent and prolific author
March 2013
Iran to sue Hollywood over a series of films, including the Oscar-winning Argo
Tehran hires French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre to bring case over Hollywood 'distorting image' of Islamic republic
December 2011
Carlos the Jackal given second life sentence for terrorist attacks - video
Carlos the Jackal receives second life sentence
Carlos the Jackal given another life sentence for 1980s terror attack
Carlos the Jackal plays to the gallery, but this time his courtroom audience has not turned up
November 2011
Carlos the Jackal faces trial in Paris – video
Once the world's most wanted terrorist, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, better know as Carlos the Jackal, faces a new trial in Paris over four bombings in France which left 11 dead and dozens wounded during the early 1980s
Carlos the Jackal shows he has not lost the ability to provoke at his Paris trial
With his anorak and reading glasses, the revolutionary looks a long way from his heyday, but he is still a divisive figure
Carlos the Jackal faces new Paris trial
Venezuelan revolutionary faces fresh charges over 1980s bomb attacks, but jail has only strengthened his beliefs, brother says
October 2010
Carlos - review
Olivier Assayas's engrossing movie traces the life of Carlos the Jackal, one of the 20th century's most notorious terrorists, writes Philip French
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Trailer for Olivier Assayas's Carlos
Édgar Ramírez stars as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (aka Carlos 'The Jackal') in Olivier Assayas biopic of the infamous terrorist
Reel review
Carlos: 'A Godfather-style saga with reach and swagger'
Opt for the five-and-a-half hour version of Olivier Assayas's biopic of Carlos the Jackal over the abridged version, says Xan Brooks. You can't have too much of a good thing
