“Rodolfo is very tired psychologically, has faced a very difficult process as a father.” These words, spoken by Ramon Chippirrasjurist, criminologist and spokesperson for the Sancho family, reflect the emotional exhaustion that the Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho has experienced after facing the trial of his son Daniel (30 years old) in Thailand.
Rodolfo Sancho
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Daniel Sancho has been forcefully accused by the Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution of the murder and dismemberment of the Colombian plastic surgeon Edwin Arrieta. In this Asian country, such crimes carry the death penalty. However, Rodolfo Sancho He has been by his son’s side at all timesfighting for his innocence and believing in it firmly.
Chippirrás reveals that Daniel has always maintained that the tragic incident was the result of a fight that ended fatally, which, according to him, has taken a toll on significant emotional cost for the entire family. In addition to the psychological exhaustion, the uncertainty about the verdict has also generated nervousness among the entire legal team and those involved in the case.
Carmen Barfagón, Rodolfo Sancho and Ramón Chipirrás
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The difficulty of the process has been accentuated by translation problems, as Chippirrás points out. Language barriers have been a constant obstacle, including during Daniel’s closing argument, where the court’s official translator struggled with technical terms, requiring the intervention of a second translator and, ultimately, a third Thai person to fix errors.
