Rodolfo Sancho returns to HBO after his son Daniel’s sentence: “I’m devastated right now”

It took the streaming platform three weeks to release the second chapter of the documentary Sancho case after the Thai court’s verdict was read on August 29: life imprisonment. This Friday, HBO launched a new episode in which it covers the entire judicial process and speaks, once again, with Rodolfo Sanchowhich changes the strong and cold image that he offered during the first installment for that of an exhausted and distressed man: “I’m devastated”he assures.

The chapter begins by reviewing what happened on August 2, 2023 on the island of Koh Panghan, Thailand, when Daniel killed Edwin Arrieta and dismembered his body into 14 pieces to distribute them throughout the island. They warn: “This documentary series has been recorded throughout the trial against Daniel Sancho for the premeditated murder of Edwin Arrieta in Thailand. Many interviews have been conducted before the sentence was made public. The statements made, both personal and subjective, by each of the interviewees are not the responsibility of the producer or the broadcaster.”

He also remembers Rodolfo Sancho’s first statements, in which he recounted how Daniel had told him that he was detained in Thailand and what had happened. The new interviews with the actor reveal what his role has been during these months and how he has endured so much suffering: “August 29. It’s a lot of waiting, a lot of patience, but in part we have asked for it because there is a lot of material, a lot of information and we want to draw very good conclusions from everything that has happened, which is a lot. It’s not easy and we want it to be well explained,” explains Daniel’s father at the beginning of the chapter. “It’s been long, emotionally and psychologically hard. I’ve taken indescribable beatings. I’m devastated right now, honestly.”he confesses.

The protagonist of Sea of ​​plastic He says that, as soon as he spoke to Daniel and learned about the situation, he contacted a lawyer friend who referred him to other experts in International Law. After doing his own research, he decided to hire the services of the Balfagón-Chipirrás law firm and Marcos García-Montes. Together they began to work on Daniel’s defense: “Having the information, knowing things, calms me down to a certain point because otherwise the wait is very long. Putting myself in an active position has helped me, you put yourself in a position of struggle. I think that the passive position is harder.”he says. “Taking this position has been a defense mechanism. There are people who will understand it and people who won’t. It will always be like this. I arrive at the hearings every day with everything there, knowing what we are going to do, the questions to ask, the witnesses who are coming… Arriving without knowing anything would scare me even more,” he confesses.

Rodolfo is aware of all the criticism he has received but he is clear that, as a father, he should act as he has done: “If you find yourself in a situation like that, what would you do? In the end, you would do your thing. Those of us who are parents know the difference between being a parent and not being one. It’s very easy to criticize if you’re not one. What do you know about what it feels like to be a parent? In the end, the important thing is to be true to yourself. I wouldn’t have been able to live without all this.”he confesses.