Gerhard Mertins

Gerhard Mertins (30 December 1919 – 19 March 1993) was a German paratrooper, arms trafficker, Nazi and associate of pedophile cult leader Paul Schäfer. In 1943 he participated in the Gran Sasso raid rescuing Benito Mussolini from prison.

According to Manuel Contreras he would have supplied the Pinochet regime with arms and helicopters. In 1976 he and Manuel Contreras traveled to Tehran to offer the Shah regime help in killing Carlos the Jackal.