The details revealed by Thai police on Tuesday, August 15, did not surprise the family of Daniel Sancho, the well-known killer of Cordovan surgeon Edwin Arrieta.
In a press conference, which was expected in parts of the world, especially Thailand, Spain and Colombia, the authorities completed the investigation phase in a short time, as they had about 80 days to collect all the evidence. However, they stressed that the evidence found was sufficient to establish that Edwin Arrieta was the victim of “premeditated murder” and that the only person responsible is the 29-year-old Spanish chef: “there were no third parties”, the Police. . For this reason, they asked for the death penalty for the known murderer.
That’s why Carmen Balfagón, a lawyer hired by Daniel Sancho’s family, was on the program Telecinco Summer Party that “From day five there was talk of the death penalty and first-degree murder,” so it wouldn’t be something unexpected or surprising to them.
Regarding the measure that the Thai police will demand, the lawyer pointed out that this country has “never executed a foreigner. (With this measure) they want to keep the image of their country, they have to do it to say that it is a safe country, but Thailand has not executed any foreigners.” For this reason, he claimed that “Daniel Sancho is no exception to the rule.”
The lawyer took the opportunity to call for Sancho’s case not to become “complicated” and for this reason she stated that “it is very important that we respect the investigation and that we are right.”
Faced with the evidence delivered this Tuesday in Thailand, the Sancho family spokesman assured that the unknown is the cause of death. “We’re missing the basics and that’s to know the cause of death: ‘They say he could have been stabbed, but we don’t know. I’m not going to go into details,” he said.
He added that the defense in Thailand is expected to prepare enough work to find the motivation for Arrieta’s death: “The police are not responding and not presenting the messages (Arrieta’s alleged threats to Sancho), but they can presented during the process”. It is worth noting that Miguel González, attorney for the Arrieta family, has insisted that the motive for the murder does not matter, but that it was a murder committed with “cruelty”, which is why Edwin is the only victim in this whole thing. Arrieta, the lawyer repeated.
Finally, on how the Sancho family took the conclusion of the investigation, Balfagón concluded that “very bad. This issue is very difficult to live from the family’s point of view, it is not easy.”
Source: El heraldo
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