Ramón Mercader
Ramón Mercader (Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río, 7 February 1913 – 18 October 1978), was a Spanish Communist and NKVD secret agent who assassinated the revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in August 1940. Mercader was imprisoned for 19 years and 8 months in Mexico for murdering the exiled Trotsky with an ice axe.
Ramón Mercader | |
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| Born | Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río 7 February 1913 |
| Died | 18 October 1978 (aged 65) |
| Resting place | Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
| Other names | Jacques Mornard; Frank Jacson; Ramón Ivánovich López; Leon Jacome; Leon Haikys (Not to be confused with Leon Gaikis) |
| Occupation(s) | Waiter, militiaman, soldier, secret agent of the NKVD |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Spouse | Roquelia Mendoza Buenabad |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Caridad Mercader, Pablo Mercader Marina |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment |
In 1960, after release from Mexican imprisonment, Mercader was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal and the Order of Lenin medal, and lived at different times in Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia.
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