Edwin Arrieta’s family issues a statement after learning of the sentence against Daniel Sancho and announces their unexpected decision

The Arrieta family issued a statement on Thursday stating that they are “satisfied” after learning of the Koh Samui court’s decision, “where life imprisonment was determined as the sentence for Edwin Arrieta’s murderer,” Daniel Sancho. Information that they learned thanks to the legal team that represents them and who they thank for “to walk from the beginning, without hesitation, in the search for truth and justice.” They took the opportunity to emphasize that “We always knew that premeditation was a demonstrable fact and we had the elements to prove it.”

In their statement, the Arrieta family has confessed that the loss of Edwin “has brought much suffering to a family that was unable to say goodbye to their loved one, and that is why the court’s decision has had a great emotional impact on our family unit, which forces us to take a reasonable amount of time to make a statement on the content of the decision, leaving the statements in the hands of our legal representatives.”

They also reiterated that “in this process and the harsh questions we have been subjected to during it, it has been possible to overcome them thanks to the strength of God who never abandoned us.” Finally, they thanked “the respect shown by all the people, family, friends, media who have shown solidarity with our family.”