The agents of the Mountain Intervention Unit (UIM) of the Mossos d'Esquadra who carried out simulation exercises in the area where the founder of Mango, Isak Andic, suffered a fatal fall, have stated that it is not possible to confirm the involvement of third parties in the events investigated, as judicial sources informed Europa Press.
Both agents appeared this Friday before the head of the Court of Instruction number 5 of Martorell (Barcelona), Raquel Nieto, who is handling the case into the death of the founder of Mango, Isak Andic, which occurred in December 2024 after he plunged down a ravine in the Cuevas del Salnitre, in Collbató, in the proceedings in which the businessman’s son, Jonathan Andic, is being investigated for an alleged crime of homicide.
According to the same sources, the agents fully backed the content of their expert report, in which they already stated that it was not possible to determine "the causes that generate the fall or the involvement of other people in the development of the events that caused the death."
The trace at the site of the fall
In that report, drawn up after carrying out 10 fall simulations, the UIM detailed that, in order to obtain a footprint similar to the one found at the point from which Andic fell, and considering the drawing of the sole of the sneakers he was wearing that day, it would be necessary to carry out "at least" 4 scrubbings in both directions, as stated in a ruling that Europa Press had access to.
The UIM specialists indicated that, to generate a mark with those characteristics, it was necessary to take deliberate steps forward and backward "exerting pressure on the ground," since a single forward rubbing, simulating a slip, would not be enough to produce that footprint.
However, when asked again this Friday about this point, the agents specified that it had not been possible to establish the age of the footprint due to the rains recorded in the days prior, and that the fall simulations also provided no definitive conclusions about the origin of the incident.
Statements by the driver and a witness
On the same day, the judge was also met by the driver of Isak Andic, who on December 30, 2024 had already given testimony to the Mossos d'Esquadra and, when asked about the relationship between father and son, said that it was "good."
He has also given a statement as a witness an excursionist who that day was practicing climbing on the mountain of Montserrat, although he has stated that he did not witness or hear anything related to the fall.