Ramón Mercader
Ramón Mercader | |
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Mercader in the 1970s | |
| Born | Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río 7 February 1913 Argentona, Spain |
| Died | 18 October 1978 (aged 65) Havana, Cuba |
| Resting place | Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
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| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Spouse | Roquelia Mendoza Buenabad |
| Children | 3 |
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| Relatives | María Mercader (cousin) |
| Conviction | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment |
Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río (Spanish: [raˈmom meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Jaume Ramon Mercader del Río [rəˈmom məɾkəˈðe]; 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 Trotsky with an ice axe.
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.