1985, Magdalena Kopp was released from her French prison and whisked away to West Germany by agents of the DST who were determined to get her out of France as quickly as possible. Despite the campaign of terror that Carlos had waged to secure her release, she served all but one year of her original sentence. With a reputation as one of the world's most dangerous women, she had served her time in exemplary fashion and secured a remission of her previous sentence for her good behaviour. After being handed over to the West German police late in the evening, she was allowed to go and stay with her mother in the town where she was born. Within hours of her arrival, she received a phone call from Carlos and shortly after left for Frankfurt where she was met by one of her husband's accomplices who escorted her to Damascus. Five months later, Breguet was also released from prison. He too had been a model prisoner and had re-educated himself while serving time. He was later contacted by Carlos but refused to rejoin the group, preferring instead to return to his family. After meeting Kopp in Damascus, Carlos took her to his new hideout in Budapest but after several months the Hungarian government evicted them. After their expulsion from Hungary, Carlos sent Kopp back to Damascus while he flew to Baghdad. Anxious to secure a home base, Carlos sent one of his men to Tripoli to gauge the level of support there but was informed that Qathafi had lost faith in him and his group and refused to offer support or asylum in Libya. In desperation, Carlos turned to Cuba for support but was told that he would only be granted a visa for a few days. Finally, Syria offered him protection in exchange for providing certain "services" to repay their hospitality. Once he was settled in Syria, Carlos took his heavily pregnant wife on a trip to Prague. Travelling under false diplomatic passports, the couple entered Czechoslovakia with the intention of retri...
