Family business specialists recommend separating business from family relationships. This is not just a thesis constructed in a laboratory, but one that has a reflection in reality. The case of Mango, the textile empire founded by Isak Andic, is a good example. The company closed the past year with historic figures, despite the sudden death of its founder in a fall from a cliff in the Montserrat area. This same week, the Mossos arrested his eldest son, Jonathan, who was accompanying him on that excursion, for allegedly causing him to fall. Subsequently, he was released after paying a bail of one million euros.

Shortly before his death, Isak Andic had begun to outline what he wanted to be his final great work: a foundation intended to channel part of his fortune towards social causes. The founder of Mango was already discreetly collaborating with institutions like Sant Joan de Déu, but he wanted to turn that commitment into a legacy. The project never materialized. And this week, the judicial investigation into the businessman's death has made that unfinished philanthropic project a central piece of the case.has turned that unfinished philanthropic project into a central piece of the case..

Among the multiple frictions that the judicial interlocutory that has led to The judge in charge of instruction court number 5 of Martorell, following the analysis of the messages between father and son, identifies a "bad relationship" caused, in part, by "Mr. Jonathan Andic's obsession with money." According to the order, however, the then CEO of Mango Man learned in mid-2024 of his father's intentions to create the foundation. Following this, the evidence obtained by the Mossos reflects a "notable change" in the detainee's behavior, who "would have acknowledged that his attitude towards money is not correct."The order links, in this sense, this change of attitude with the excursion to the caves of Collbató in which Isak Andic suffered the fatal accident.

It is quite disheartening that, as soon as the news of Jonathan Andic's arrest appeared as an accused (but not guilty, nor tried, nor sentenced) in his father's death, the reaction of many compatriots was to wonder when Carles Porta would make an episode of Crims. The popular interest (or at least, what could be seen on Twitter) reached the point where Porta himself was forced to publish a tweet reminding good people that this would be jumping the gun. (But he also announced that they “will try to do the Andic case”, because indeed the program consists of documentary and dramatized recreations of real-life crime cases). Nor should we be scandalized by things that are more than known. Crime is morbid, parricide is morbid, the crimes and parricides of the rich and the very rich are even more morbid (because, yes, the mob is thrilled when the powerful fall into the same mud as the rest of mortals: that's what classic tragedies are about), and all this morbidity, when it hits the right note of success, always sells enormous quantities of whatever: tickets, copies, downloads, viewers. However, crime is not a trivial matter. It is sad and sordid, as we know from Dostoevsky, who in Crime and Punishment narrates a crime among the poor. It is also philosophical and chilling, as Tolstoy teaches us in The Kreutzer Sonata, a husband who kills his wife, in a well-to-do marriage, because he cannot bear the sexual act. Liberating and abysmal, as we read in The Infanticide by Víctor Català, or vengeful and dark as in The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe. It can still be, moreover, hilarious, as Thomas De Quincey demonstrates in The Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts. It can become a source of entertainment when presented as a puzzle to be solved, as in the infinity of stories (literary, cinematic, television) that follow the schemes of the stories of Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Inspector Maigret. We must naturally add the roughness and murkiness of the American hard-boiled, the coldness of the French polar, or the Mediterranean illuminations of the Italian giallo. Things become less interesting when they fall into sensationalism, opportunism, or a kind of catharsis for citizens of declining national communities (“it's just that we, if we set our minds to it, are also capable of killing each other, you know”). There are two more references, Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood and Emmanuel Carrère's The Adversary, which have become easy justifications for all sorts of programs, podcasts, and more novels of what is known as true crime, a denomination where what has real power of attraction is more the true than the crime: an audience eager to consume recreations of real crimes, with their blood and guts, to then go to sleep warm. And who, when they hear the news of a sensational crime, already Pavlovianly imagine the narration that their favorite program will make. It is, also, an image of a country.

The arrest of Jonathan Andic, accused of his father's death, captured the attention of televisions on Tuesday morning, especially from the moment he arrived at the Martorell courts. With permission, of course, of the news about Zapatero's imputation: Spanish media were full of it, doing very exhaustive live specials, with little time to report on anything else. Sara Loscos, on Tot es mou, spoke of "the image of the day and beyond". Without a doubt, it was. All the news programs used it, specifying that the detainee was handcuffed and, in some cases, repeating the scene on several occasions. On Informativos Telecinco they replayed the accused's journey with the mossos entering and leaving the courts up to six times. They specified that Andic was cabizbajo y esposado (head down and handcuffed), to emphasize the image. The snapshot also served to illustrate the news on studio screens and reference the story. The detainee's social status in this context was the morbid element. There were headlines that served to add sensationalism and drama to the case. On Mañaneros on La 1, they asked on a screen caption: ¿Mató a su padre por la fortuna de Mango? (Did he kill his father for Mango's fortune?), and on Informativos Telecinco they announced it as La herencia envenenada (The poisoned inheritance), to delve into the details of the story.Most of the programs took a retrospective look at the case to refresh viewers' memories. Some news programs even returned to the Montserrat area near the scene of the events. They interviewed lawyers, criminologists, and crime experts to recall the most sordid details and some theories that had been put forward in the past year. On "Tot es mou", the discussion served as a strategy for speculation., the discussion served as a strategy for speculation.In the news, there was another differentiating fact that caught the attention. At Antena 3 Noticias, they pixelated the faces of the Mossos d'Esquadra who accompanied Andic to protect their identity. At La Sexta Noticias, on the other hand, they pixelated the detainee and left the faces of the police visible. In the rest of the news programs, they did not erase anyone's image. There is no single criterion or clear approach in the decision.Meanwhile, in X, Carles Porta responded to viewers' requests: “Of course we will try to cover the Andic case, but now is not the time. Allow me to remind you that a detainee is not guilty even if they are sent to prison. A trial and a sentence are necessary. We have to wait and see how everything evolves”. The proof of the need to spectacularize the story and the audience's impatience to discover the details. A voracity that seems to make us increasingly insensitive to tragedy.

We read in ARA that Jonathan Andic, accused of homicide against his father, Isak Andic, the founder of the Mango clothing stores, has entered the Martorell courts handcuffed and "with his head down".

The arrest of Jonathan Andic, son of Mango founder Isak Andic, introduces a new variable into the equation that was the death of the historic Catalan fashion businessman. Andic's passing in December 2024, long treated as a tragic accident, forced a reorganization of the ownership and businesses of the Principality's fashion giant. As early as January 2025, the three children divided the executive positions of Punta Na Holding, the company that holds 95% of Mango's ownership through Mango MNG Holding; as well as the family's patrimonial company, which also operates under the same umbrella.

Before talking about the signing of the budget agreement between Illa and Junqueras, this morning we had two bombshell news. The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested Jonathan Andic, the son of Mango founder Isak Andic, for the death of his father, who died at 71 while hiking in the Salnitre caves. Although initially treated as an accident, a few months ago the Mossos began investigating Andic's son for homicide, who was the only person with whom the businessman was that day. And while we were still processing the news, the political bombshell arrived: Zapatero has been charged with influence peddling, criminal organization, and document forgery in the case of the Plus Ultra airline bailout. The company was bailed out by Sánchez's government during the pandemic with a loan of 53 million euros. Now the National Court is charging Zapatero for having influenced (having received a commission of 10 million, deposited in an account in Panama) this bailout. He has always denied it, and Sánchez has always said the bailout was done correctly. The group that reported Zapatero was the far-right group Manos Limpias. Today, his office was searched, and he will have to appear to testify in 15 days. The first pieces of evidence, which became known this morning when the secrecy of the investigation was lifted, do not seem very solid. He is the first former Spanish president to be charged in Spain (Rajoy has been charged in Andorra). The impact for Sánchez is huge: they are friends, Zapatero supports him - unlike Felipe González -, and if we add to this the result in Andalusia, the funeral in Moncloa continues today. And I would bet anything that within 24 hours someone will remember that Zapatero was negotiating with Puigdemont (like Santos Cerdán). Meanwhile, this morning, at 8 o'clock, President Salvador Illa and Oriol Junqueras were at the Palau de la Generalitat and shook hands again, as a prelude to the photo of the day, that of the signing of the agreement between the Government and Esquerra Republicana by which Junqueras' party will approve the 2026 budgets of Illa's government. These are days of handshakes. Yesterday they already had the first one in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia at the presentation of the orbital train.As always, when a party gives a vote as important as the budget vote to a government, the debate is whether it has settled for little or a lot. Especially since Esquerra is an independentist party and the PSC is not, and it enthusiastically supported 155. Firstly, I think no one should be surprised that Esquerra or Comuns approve accounts for the PSC, because the most important agreement was already made, which is the investiture. If there was any incoherence in ERC's support for the PSC, it was then, not now. I believe that if you vote for someone's investiture, you have an obligation to cooperate with them during the legislature that other parties do not have. Whoever invests is saying they see potential. The fact is that for some time now, we have naturally accepted that, for example, next year there will be no budgets because there are municipal and Spanish elections and, of course, parties cannot support each other. Perhaps this is what is done nowadays, but I find it very selfish on the part of the parties. From this point of view, it is normal for Esquerra to give its vote to the Government. 

The Catalan multinational fashion company Mango increased its profit by 11% in 2025, to 242 million euros, in line with the 13% increase in turnover compared to the previous yearMango's revenue reached nearly €3.8 billion, as reported this Thursday by the company's president and CEO, Toni Ruiz. "We have managed to turn a complicated year into a record year," Ruiz stated at the press conference presenting the results at the group's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans (Vallès Occidental). The CEO noted that 2025 was "the first year without our founder," referring to the death of Isak Andic in December 2024. With these results, Mango maintains the upward trend of recent years, following the initial impact on the Catalan retail sector. Compared to 2019—the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic—the multinational has increased its revenue by approximately €1.5 billion. Ruiz celebrated that the group is "growing well above the market." "Mango is experiencing the strongest period in its history," he added. Looking ahead to this year, the president has set the company's goal of reaching €4 billion in revenue.

The family of Mango founder Isak Andic paid tribute to the businessman this Friday on the first anniversary of his death in a mountain accident, which falls this Sunday. His three children, Jonathan, Judith, and Sarah, laid flowers this morning at the sculpture by Jaume Plensa at Mango's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans (Vallès Occidental).

The investigation into the death of Mango founder Isak Andic is currently at a key moment. The Mossos d'Esquadra are analyzing the personal mobile phone of his eldest son, Jonathan Andic, who is being investigated in this case, which is being handled by the courts of Martorell. The police have been searching for a month for conversations, photographs, emails, and other potentially suspicious elements. Before reaching this point, one of the elements that the police investigation has taken into account is the emptying of his father's mobile phone, as ARA has been able to ascertain.

Plot twist in the Andic case. Nine months have passed since Mango owner Isak Andic died at the age of 71 while hiking in the Salnitre caves in Collbató, accompanied by his eldest son, Jonathan Andic. Despite the passing months, the judicial investigation into the case has not concluded, to the point that Jonathan Andic is now considered a suspect in his father's death. This was recently decided by the head of investigating court number 5 of Martorell, which is handling the case, after analyzing various pieces of evidence provided by the investigation of the Mossos d'Esquadra.

After celebrating its 40th anniversary, Mango maintains the growth trend of recent years. The Catalan fashion brand's turnover increased by 12% from January to June 2025, reaching €1.728 billion. In the first half of the year after the death of its founder, Isak Andic, in a mountain accident, the company states that the results "reinforce its solid trajectory" and "demonstrate the upward trend" of recent years.

The three sons of Mango founder Isak Andic, died in a mountain accident last December, have already taken on their father's business legacy, through both the family holding company Punta Na – which encompasses, for example, all their real estate businesses – and the Catalan fashion brand. According to what has been announced The Vanguard As ARA has been able to confirm, the process of formalizing the inheritance of the man who was once the richest man in Catalonia has now been completed, and the businessman's descendants will equally divide both the ownership and positions in the group's various companies. The newspaper also reports that these changes will be implemented in the Commercial Registry in the coming weeks.

The Catalan fashion company Mango earned 219 million euros last year, 27% more than in 2023, the company reported this Monday in a press conference. The group also increased its revenues, in this case by 7.6% (11.6% discounting the effects of currency exchange rates), to 3,339 million euros. This is the company's first presentation of results since the death in a mountain accident of its founder, Isak Andic, last December.

The judge in Martorell has decided this Tuesday to reopen the investigation into the death in a hiking accident of the owner of Mango, Isak Andic. Initially, the judge of the investigating court number 5 of Martorell ordered the provisional filing of the case in mid-January because he saw no signs of crime. Now, as he has advanced The Newspaper and the ARA has been able to confirm, the case has been reopened. However, this does not mean that the main hypothesis of the Mossos d'Esquadra investigators has changed, which is that Andic had gone on an excursion with his eldest son, Jonathan Andic, to take a route through the Salnitre de Collbató caves, slipped on one of the paths and fell into the void for about 10 minutes.

More than two months after the death of Mango founder Isak Andic in a tragic accident in the Collbató caves, the Catalan business world is still in shock over his loss. Since 14 December, there has not been a business event in which Andic's name is not used as an example of entrepreneurship, commitment and a job well done. A recognition that has materialised again this Monday, with the presentation by the president of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, of the Gold Medal of the Generalitat posthumously to Isak Andic; it is the highest honour in the country.