Ramirez Sanchez

RAMIREZ SANCHEZ “CARLOS THE JACKAL” On Sunday, December 30, 1973 in an affluent suburb of London, a young man opened the front door of the mansion, where he was employed as a butler, only to be confronted by a young, dark-complexioned man with a gun. The man pointed the gun at the butler and demanded in heavily accented English, to be taken to Joseph Sieff, the owner of the house. Sieff at sixty-eight, was one of the …

…when Carlos was summoned by the Algerians for more talks. He returned two hours later and told Yamani and Amouzegar, "I am leaving the plane now and you will follow me out in five minutes." After the allotted time elapsed, the hostages did as they were told and left the aircraft, wondering if it was about to explode. When they reached the safety of the VIP lounge they discovered that the terrorists were already ther