{"id":26342,"date":"2026-05-19T15:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/26342\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:16:35","slug":"police-in-spain-detain-mango-tycoons-son-in-death-investigation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/26342\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Spain detain Mango tycoon’s son in death investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in Spain said they had detained the son of fashion group Mango’s founder Isak Andic on Tuesday in connection with an investigation into his father’s death in December 2024.<\/p>\n

Isak Andic died after falling more than 100 metres from a cliff while hiking with family members near the Mediterranean city of Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His death was initially treated as an accident, but police in Catalonia later said it was being investigated as a possible homicide.<\/p>\n

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Isak Andic died in December 2024. (AP: Thibault Camus)<\/p>\n

A family spokesperson confirmed Jonathan Andic was being questioned by investigators, but declined to provide details.<\/p>\n

“The cooperation has been and will remain total,” the spokesperson said of Jonathan Andic, who police said was detained on Tuesday and remains in custody.<\/p>\n

This billionaire fashion CEO fell to his death. Now his son is an alleged suspect<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a regular December day when Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of Spanish fast-fashion label Mango, set out on a hike with relatives through the Montserrat caves near Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The spokesperson repeated that Jonathan Andic’s family was confident of his innocence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The court handling the case said last year that the investigation was not directed at any specific individual.<\/p>\n

He is expected to be transferred to an investigating court to testify before a judge soon, a police spokesperson said, adding that the probe remains under seal.<\/p>\n

Isak Andic, who was born in Istanbul, moved to Catalonia in the north-east of Spain in the 1960s and founded Mango in 1984.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He built it into a global group seen as a rival to Zara.<\/p>\n

At the time of his death, he was non-executive chairman of Mango with a net worth of $US4.5 billion ($6.32 billion) according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

The unlisted Barcelona-based company reported sales of 3.8 billion euros ($6.2 billion) in 2025.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Andic, who previously worked in Mango’s retail operations, is now vice-chairman of the board.<\/p>\n

Mango declined to comment on the development.<\/p>\n

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