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Canary Islands

Autonomous community of Spain, and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean

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Dec 17, 2025
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how did robert maxwell die

Robert Maxwell was found dead in the Atlantic near the Canary Islands on 5 November 1991; at an inquest later that year coroners recorded death by heart attack combined with accidental drowning while ...

Nov 29, 2025
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What evidence links Mossad to Robert Maxwell's 1991 death?

Multiple books and journalists have alleged Robert Maxwell had ties to Mossad and that those ties help explain theories he was killed rather than having died accidentally; the most detailed claims app...

Nov 13, 2025
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What caused Robert Maxwell's mysterious death in 1991?

Robert Maxwell’s death on 5–6 November 1991 remains officially recorded as an , but the event spawned competing theories—suicide, accident, and assassination—because of Maxwell’s secretive business de...

Nov 14, 2025

Did Robert Maxwell's 1991 death involve Mossad or foul play?

Robert Maxwell died on 5 November 1991 after falling from his yacht off the Canary Islands; Spanish police at the time said no foul play was suspected and the official immediate finding was drowning ....

Oct 12, 2025

Are there any credible sources suggesting Hitler escaped from Berlin in 1945?

Two recent articles revive claims that Adolf Hitler may have escaped Berlin in 1945, citing assertions from a former CIA agent and selective FBI file references; however, multiple other contemporary s...

Dec 11, 2025

How do Venezuelan drug traffickers use small islands and cays for cocaine transshipment?

Venezuelan islands and cays — including Margarita and the Los Roques archipelago — are documented transshipment nodes used to move Colombian cocaine onward to the Caribbean, Europe and the U.S., in pa...

Nov 17, 2025

What role did Maxwell’s intelligence connections play in the mystery of his 1991 death?

Robert Maxwell’s documented links to MI6, the KGB and Israel’s Mossad helped turn his November 1991 death—found floating off his yacht in the Canary Islands and officially ruled an accidental drowning...

Dec 1, 2025

How many kilograms of cocaine have been seized from vessels departing Venezuela in the past 12 months?

Available sources do not provide a single, authoritative tally of kilograms of cocaine seized specifically from vessels departing Venezuela in the past 12 months; reporting and datasets instead give s...

Dec 2, 2025

What intelligence or investigative operations led to the largest cocaine seizures on vessels leaving Venezuela recently?

Recent large cocaine seizures involving vessels that left Venezuela appear to result from a mix of traditional maritime policing and new, more aggressive U.S. tactics—law-enforcement interceptions lin...

Nov 23, 2025

Who was Robert Maxwell and his role in British media?

Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak‑born British publisher, media proprietor and former Member of Parliament who built a large international publishing empire (Pergamon, Mirror Group, Macmillan) and die...

Jan 4, 2026

How did Robert Maxwell's death influence Ghislaine Maxwell's life?

Robert Maxwell’s death in November 1991 was a rupture that pushed Ghislaine from the private orbit of a powerful father into public grief, financial crisis, and a long shadow of controversy; she immed...

Nov 22, 2025

What was Ghislaine Maxwell's family background and upbringing in the UK?

Ghislaine Maxwell was born in England in December 1961 as the youngest daughter of media magnate Robert Maxwell and his wife Elisabeth; she grew up amid wealth and high-society life at family homes su...

Jan 19, 2026

What did the 1991 Madrid inquest detail about the scene on Maxwell’s yacht and testimony from the crew?

The December 1991 Madrid inquest recorded that Robert Maxwell died from a heart attack combined with accidental drowning, while also documenting unresolved questions about the physical scene aboard hi...

Jan 1, 2026

What were the findings of the official inquiry into Robert Maxwell falling from his yacht?

The official postmortem and judicial inquiries into Robert Maxwell’s death concluded that he died of natural causes—most likely a heart attack—and that he fell from his yacht rather than having been t...

Dec 1, 2025

Robert maxwell death

Robert Maxwell, the Czech‑born British media magnate, was found dead in November 1991 near his yacht off the Canary Islands; the official inquest ruled death by heart attack with accidental drowning, ...

Nov 17, 2025

What were the official findings of the inquest into Robert Maxwell's death?

The official inquest verdict in December 1991 recorded Robert Maxwell’s death as a heart attack combined with accidental drowning (see inquest ruling) . Reporting across major outlets notes that three...