Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río (Spanish: [raˈmom meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Jaume Ramon Mercader del Río [rəˈmom məɾkəˈðe]; 7 February 1913 – 18 October 1978) [1] was a Spanish communist and NKVD secret agent who assassinated the revolutionary Leon Trotsky in …

Some three months later, however, Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist who had won the confidence of the Trotsky household, fatally struck him with an ice pick. The Soviet government disclaimed any responsibility, and Mercader was sentenced …

Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río Hernández (February 7, 1914 – October 18, 1978) was a Spanish Communist who became famous as the murderer of Leon Trotsky. Although declassified archives have shown that he was a Soviet agent, supporters of Stalin continue to argue that he was simply a disgruntled former follower of Trotsky.

Un mercader es una persona que trata o comercia con géneros vendibles, es decir, mercaderías o mercancías. Se le agrega diferentes calificativos en función de la mercancía con la que trabaja: mercader de hierro, mercader de telas, mercader de finanzas , etc. Es un término prácticamente en desuso que ha sido sustituido por « comerciante ...

Dec 28, 2020 · A Soviet spy called Ramón Mercader covertly wove his way into Trotsky’s political staff and at an opportune moment, stuck an ice pick in his head. Trotsky survived the immediate assault but died the following day of his wounds in hospital.

Ramón Mercader was a Spanish communist who worked as a Soviet agent and is better remembered as the murderer of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Together with Trotsky’s confidante, Sylvia Ageloff, and his own mother, Caridad, Mercader was part of a team that set out to assassinate Trotsky.

Eustacia María Caridad del Río Hernández [a] (29 March 1892 – 1975), better known as Caridad del Río, Caridad Mercader or Caritat Mercader, was a Spanish communist militant and an agent of the Soviet NKVD. [1]

Aug 21, 2015 · The assassin’s real name was Ramon Mercader, a Spanish communist recruited by the brutal Soviet intelligence agency NKVD during the Spanish Civil War.

At 5:20 pm, Mercader attempts to assassinate Leon Trotsky with an ice pick to the back of the head. Trotsky survives, telling his guards as they began to beat the would-be assassin, "Do not kill him. This man has a story to tell."

Ramón Mercader (Barcelona, 1914-La Habana, 1978) Activista político español. Miembro del Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña, participó en la guerra civil española e ingresó en los servicios secretos soviéticos.