Died in prison. Officially, suicide. We talk about John McAfee, 75 years old, the father of the famous antivirus. An absolute genius of computer science. An extremely controversial character. He had been in a cell since October, in Barcelona, where he was arrested while trying to catch a plane to Turkey. On him hung an international arrest warrant issued by the United States, which was looking for him for tax evasion.
Thus, McAfee dies in prison, found lifeless in his cell. According to the first investigations, as mentioned it would be suicide, attempts to revive him are useless. Farewell to one of the brightest, craziest and most eccentric minds in Silicon Valley. He gained from the antivirus system a huge wealth and celebrity. Therefore, a life of excess, including drugs, weapons and corruption. A documentary (on Netflix, Gringo: The dangerous life of John McAfee) also tells of his “dolce vita” in Belize, among prostitutes, extreme sexual practices and a murdered neighbor under mysterious circumstances. After the murder, McAfee had disappeared, tracked down in Guatemala where he asked for political asylum. Except then return to Belize and “mend” with the local government by giving generous donations to the police.
In the United States he was accused of evading millions of dollars in taxes. An escape that certainly, according to the investigations, continued from 2016 to 2018. In his “curriculum”, there is also a flight to Lithuania and the candidacy for the presidency of the United States with the libertarian party, which is difficult to untie from 1 percent. McAfee claimed that there was a conspiracy against him, a persecution, precisely for that candidacy.
The suicide comes shortly after Spain’s okay for his extradition to the United States. A suicide that, for now, it is wrapped in a blanket of mystery. A mysterious disappearance: did someone really want to make him know?
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