Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts
Three others were tried in absentia. The court convicted two of his accomplices, Palestinian Kamal Al-Issawi and German Johannes Weinrich, giving them life sentences, and acquitted a third, Christa Margot Frohlich.
Weinrich, said to head Ramirez’ European operations and a former member of Germany’s violent far-left Red Army Faction, is behind bars in Germany, Frohlich remains at large, and Al-Issawi’s whereabouts are unknown to French authorities.
June 29, 2025 | 5:48 pm