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
Born
Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río

(1913-02-07)7 February 1913
Died18 October 1978(1978-10-18) (aged 65)
Resting placeKuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
Other namesJacques 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 statusDeceased
SpouseRoquelia Mendoza Buenabad
Children3
Parent(s)Caridad Mercader, Pablo Mercader Marina
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penalty20 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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