Anti-virus software creator John McAfee detained in Spain

Anti-virus software creator John McAfee, who is wanted in the US for tax evasion, has been arrested at Barcelona airport, police said.

McAfee’s wife Janice McAfee, in a Twitter post, said her husband was in “good spirits” and wanted to thank his supporters.

“Regardless of what John may or may not have done, he has spent most of his retirement fighting not only for his own freedom, but everyone’s freedom,” her statement, reported by Reuters said.

Officers detained the 75-year-old on Saturday as he was about to board a flight to Istanbul and he was being held at a jail near Barcelona awaiting extradition to the US, a Spanish police source told AFP.