Son Of Spanish Fashion Tycoon Arrested 18 Months After Father’s Mysterious Fall From Cliff

Last Updated:May 19, 2026, 19:24 IST

Catalan police arrest Jonathan Andic over possible homicide in death of Mango founder Isak Andic, who died in 2024 after falling into a ravine near Barcelona.

Years after founder of the fashion chain Mango, Isak Andic, died, police in Catalonia have arrested his son.

On December 14, 2024, Isak Andic, the 71-year-old founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango — one of Europe’s largest fashion groups with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide – died after falling down a ravine while hiking with his son near Barcelona.

According to a report by The Guardian, though an initial investigation by the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, had regarded it as an accident, officers and judicial sources told El País and La Vanguardia last year that the case was being treated as a possible homicide.

On Tuesday, Mossos d’Esquadra announced that Jonathan Andic had been arrested.

The Guardian cited newspaper El País saying last year hat police had found no direct or definitive evidence to explain what happened in the ravine, but had “come across a series of clues which, when taken together, had led them to move away from the idea of a mere accident and toward the possibility of a homicide".

Another Spanish newspaper, La Vanguardia, had reported that the judge overseeing the case changed Jonathan’s official status from witness to possible suspect.

Andic, who was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul in 1953, was one of Spain’s richest men. Forbes estimates he and his family have a net worth of $4.5 billion. He used to run a wholesale business and sold clothes in street markets before opening his first Mango store in 1984.

Under his watch, to help boost sales the company hired big stars such as British model Kate Moss, Spanish actor Penelope Cruz, and French footballer Antoine Griezmann for its marketing campaigns.

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