Exactly one month and one day ago Daniel Sancho30 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Thailand for the premeditated murder of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta44, and the chef has been within the walls of Surat Thani prisonone of the most dangerous prisons in the world and where, according to the latest report on the state of prisons published this year by FIDH and the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL), prisoners are poorly overcrowded in prisons. ventilated, there is poor quality food and water and, on some occasions, corporal punishment is even administered.
© Getty ImagesAnd although Rodolfo Sancho’s son confessed before learning his sentence that he was prepared “for the best and the worst”, his transfer to this penitentiary was something that did not enter into his plans, which is why he asked the judges to remain in the jail in which the prison of Koh Samui, considered a “friendly” prison in Thailand due to its low density and more lax security measures, a request that was rejected because this center does not house prisoners sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, something that meant a strong blow for him.
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© GtresonlineAdaptation period
Now 32 days after setting foot for the first time in the place where he will serve his harsh sentence, the chef is “well but still in the process of adaptation” as Carmen Balfagón, the family’s lawyer, has confessed to the newspaper. The Spanishso Sancho has not yet settled in what will be his cell nor has he yet mixed with the rest of the inmates. Daniel thus remains in high security module 6, an adaptation area that he shares with 14 other prisoners, most of them Asian, with the exception of a European of Austrian origin who speaks English, and from which, after the time established by Those responsible for the prison will be sent to one area or another of the center depending on their sentence.
© GtresonlineDuring this long month, Sancho has only received a visit from his father on one occasion, just the day after hearing the sentence, or at least that is what has emerged, while his mother, Silvia Bronchalo you has visited his son at least three timesonce after his sentence was made public and twice in recent weeks, because unlike the Koh Samui prison where daily visits were allowed, here it is a weekly one.
And while all this is happening inside the high gates of this prison outside, the third episode of The Sancho Case from HBO Maxthe documentary series that narrates the judicial process of this crime that shocked the world and whose new installment focuses on the different versions of the surgeon’s murder, one by Sancho’s defense and the other by the Arrieta family. A chapter that has not been free of surprises and controversy.
© Getty ImagesThe secret of Darling, Edwin Arrieta’s sister
For a start, Darling ArrietaEdwin’s sister and one of the spokespersons for the murdered doctor’s family, confessed before the cameras that she was forced to lie to her parents and tell them that her son’s body had been found in its entirety, something that was not true. “I apologize to God for that lie that I told my parents,” he noted. “I told them that the whole body had appeared, because for a mother it must be terrible that there is a part of her child that does not appear,” he stated. unable to hold back the tears. And since we have followed this case to the millimeter, it is not necessary to remember that Sancho dismembered the surgeon and distributed his remains to different places in Koh Pha Nganhence not all of them could be recovered, including his torso, which never appeared. However, Darling thought it advisable to tell his parents that all the parts had been located so that he could cremate his son’s body and bury him last December.
© GTRESThe commented words of Rodolfo Sancho
But in addition to unraveling this secret that Darling preferred to keep to himself with the sole objective of protecting his parents, the chapter also tries to delve into the relationship between Sancho and Edwinsuch as pointing out at first that it was friendship and then sentimental, something that to this day still remains a mystery and to which Rodolfo Sancho tries to downplay its importance by saying “I don’t give a damn about what anyone does with their life. The relationship between them is not relevant. I have bitten my tongue too much. With all due respect to everyone and solidarity with the Arrieta family… The situation is what it is, but whatever the situation is, it is not. No. If Daniel were a woman, would we be thinking about what the situation was like before? No, right? Some words that have generated endless comments and a strong shower of criticism towards the actor of the Ministry of Time.
