أوتو سكورزيني
Around 1960, Willem Sassen was recruited by Georg Mertins . He was asked to represent Merex AG, which was a cover for the illegal arms trade controlled by the German secret service Bundesnachrichtendienst . Other representatives in Latin America were Klaus Barbie (Bolivia) , Friedrich Schwend (Peru) , his brother, Alfons Sassen (Ecuador) and, in Madrid, Spain, Otto Skorzeny .