John Palmer amassed a fortune of £300 million by selling dodgy Time-Share deals to un-suspecting tourists in Tenerife. Some of his associates made their way to Fuerteventura and were known in Nuevo Horizonte.
In the early 90's, when I lived in Tenerife, I sang at John Palmer's birthday party at Amarilla Golf Club, attended by all the Time-Share "Mafia".
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