Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal (1931 - 5 December 2009) was a Spanish diplomat, businessman and politician.
[1] Prado y Colón was sentenced to two years in prison in 2004 in Sevilla, but was granted an early release two months later due to humanitarian reasons.
[1] However, in 2007 the Supreme Court of Spain sentenced Colón to one year in prison for diverting funds to the Torras Group.
[1] A personal friend and advisor to King Juan Carlos for more than twenty years, Colón founded the Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction (FAD).
[1] Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal died of cancer at his home in Sevilla, Spain, on 5 December 2009, at the age of 78.