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Latin America

Judi Lynn

(162,542 posts) Mon Aug 7, 2023, 06:39 PM Aug 2023

Leon Black's failed rabbi father Eli killed himself in 1975 after trying to bribe Honduras to lower

Leon Black's failed rabbi father Eli killed himself in 1975 after trying to bribe Honduras to lower the banana tax for his company United Brands

Eli Black killed himself in February 1975 jumping from the Pan Am building

He was the chairman of United Brands which owned Chiquita bananas

Black oversaw a bribe to a Honduran minister to lower export taxes

Leon Black, now 72, is being investigated for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

By JEN SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
UPDATED: 16:28 EDT, 7 August 2023

Decades before his close friend and associate Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail, financier Leon Black grieved the loss of his father, Eli, who committed suicide to avoid a scandal of his own.

Eli Black took his own life in February 1975, when Leon was just 24, leaping through the window of his midtown office after smashing the glass with his briefcase.

At the time, Eli - a failed rabbi who moved to the US from Poland with his parents - was the chairman of the multi-billion dollar company United Brands.

The company's prized product were the Chiquita bananas it imported from Honduras.

More:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12382147/Leon-Black-father-Eli-suicide-bribe-Honduras-banana-Epstein.html