Ilija Stanić was an agent of UDBA

UDBA

The Department of State Security was the secret police organization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Although it operated with more restraint than other secret...

 Yugoslav secret police, who is believed to have assassinated Vjekoslav Luburić, a Croatian Ustasha General responsible for war crimes in Jasenovac concentration camp

Jasenovac concentration camp

Jasenovac concentration camp was the largest extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia and occupied Yugoslavia during World War II...

 during World War II

World War II

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.

His father was a Croatian Ustasha who fought against Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. In 1951, Stanić’s father died in a military operation.

Stanić left Yugoslavia in 1966. After living in France

France

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 and Germany

Germany

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, he settled in Spain

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. He worked at General Vjekoslav Luburić’s press in Carcaixent

Carcaixent

Carcaixent is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is located in the Ribera Alta comarca, 40 km south of the provincial capital...

 until April 20, 1969. That day, Luburić was assassinated and Stanić escaped. Since then, the Interpol

Interpol

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 has searched for him, but never caught him.

In 2003, Valencian

Valencia (province)

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 journalist, Francesc Bayarri found Ilija Stanić in Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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and interviewed him. Bayarri has published a book on the subject, entitled Cita a Sarajevo (Date in Sarajevo).