A French judge refused to halt the trial of “Carlos the Jackal” on the grounds that his 1994 arrest was illegal. Illich Ramirez Sanchez, who allegedly participated in terrorist actions including the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the 1976 Entebbe hostage crisis, is on trial for the 1975 killing of two French intelligence agents.
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