Overview

• Sancho has spent two years in Surat Thani maximum-security prison since his 2023 arrest and subsequent life sentence for the killing of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta.
• His defense lodged a 400-page appeal in March requesting a retrial or new hearing to present fresh witnesses and evidence.
• Sancho says he remains hopeful that the appeal will establish his actions were accidental and taken in self-defense.
• Actor Rodolfo Sancho contributes about €1,200 monthly to secure enhanced meals for his son, which Daniel shares with fellow inmates.
• Lawyers for Arrieta’s family maintain there is no evidence supporting Sancho’s innocence and continue to urge a swift judicial decision.