2023-08-16 00:07:44
The crime of the Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta, assassinated at the hands of Daniel Sancho, has gone around the world. In the last hours, the Thai Police revealed new details of this fact.
According to information from the authorities, the Spaniard killed Arrieta because he wanted to end the sentimental relationship they allegedly had. “In the messages between them we cannot reveal anything, but Daniel has confessed that he killed Edwin because he wanted to separate from him and Edwin did not want to do it,” police said at a press conference.
Thai authorities completed an investigation into the murder of the Colombian doctor, Edwin Arrieta, allegedly at the hands of the Spanish, Daniel Sancho (left). | Photo: AP/Somkeat Ruksaman (left); Facebook: Edwin Arteaga (right)
Likewise, the authorities assured that Sancho stabbed the Colombian doctor and later proceeded to dismember him, because he thought he was dead following he fell to the ground and hit his head hard. “The Police are sure that it was not an accident, it was a premeditated murder, because they planned to buy the material beforehand,” they added.
“We have consulted with the prosecutor regarding some of the evidence and it is strong enough to charge him with premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty,” said Surachate Hakparn, deputy chief of the Thailand Police.
In this sense, the official added that now it will be the prosecutor of the case who must study each of the facts and establish the penalty that he will request for the trial.
How does the death penalty work in Thailand?
Lethal injection is one of the procedures that can be carried out to serve the death penalty. | Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Thailand is one of 54 nations in the world that accept the death penalty in theory and in practice. Of course, although it is allowed in Thai law, the actual application of the death penalty in the country is sporadic.
Most of those waiting are in Bang Khwang Central Prison, which contains the nation’s main death row, though not the only one.
According to a survey carried out by the Thai newspaper The Bangkok Post, in 2018, the vast majority of those surveyed, 92.49%, agreed to maintain the death penalty in the legislation, while only 7, 51% disagreed.
In Thailand, the death penalty is exposed by many political leaders as a necessary measure to maintain peace and order in the face of serious crimes, several of the people sentenced to death in the country are responding for crimes related to drug trafficking .
According to various international media, the last time the death penalty was carried out in Thailand was in 2018. A curious fact regarding this type of situation is that the authorities of that country only inform the person who will be executed, three hours before the process is carried out.
The Thai Police assured that they will request the death penalty once morest Sancho. | Photo: REUTERS
It is important to note that once a person is sentenced to death, they have the possibility of appealing the decision, which can cause the process to be lengthened and, in some cases, the sentence to be changed to life imprisonment. In addition, you also have the possibility of requesting a pardon from the king of that country in order to save his life and receive another type of punishment.
In addition to Thailand, other countries that maintain the death penalty are Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, the United States, and Iraq, among others.
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