The Hiring of Marcos García Montes: A Controversial Decision in the Defense of Daniel Sancho

The hiring of the lawyer Marcos García Montes by Rodolfo Sancho to take charge of the defense of his son, Daniel Sancho, has attracted great attention. He is a very television lawyer, who has been a regular on the sets for decades, who has starred in some of the cases most media in the recent history of Spain and that is usually hired by popular characters to defend their interests/legal problems; in fact, he is known as the celebrity lawyer.

For all these reasons, and taking into account the complicated judicial panorama that is presented to him after declaring himself the author of the death and subsequent dismemberment of the Colombian Edwin Arrieta in Thailand, his hiring by the family of Daniel Sancho to lead the legal strategy from Spain , along with the Thai lawyer and the criminologist Carmen Balfagón, has generated many doubts and there are many who have questioned that it was a correct decision.

However, it is necessary to know what motivation is behind this hiring. And SEMANA is in a position to dispel doubts regarding this decision. If you talk to criminal lawyers, as we have done in SEMANA, they all point out that it was not the right decision. However, to understand his hiring you have to know the strategy that Rodolfo Sancho follows.

Thailand is very aware of the movements of the family of Daniel Sancho (Photo: Montage SEMANA)

The press is an ally

As SEMANA knows from reliable sources, Rodolfo Sancho’s intention is to keep people talking about his son’s case. It may seem incomprehensible when deep down a brutal crime is being reported whose perpetrator confessed to his offspring. He is aware of it. And he knows perfectly well that the news that is dealt with both in the written press and on television is not favorable to Daniel, but his priority is another. He understands that for something the press is an ally. And that is why the hiring of such a media lawyer and who has great control of the television medium.

For Rodolfo, it is important that the media continue to talk about the issue, that it continue to form part of current news and that it not be forgotten. This is something they fear”, assures us the closest environment of the actor. He considers it vital for his son that the media pressure be maintained. The actor is very clear that “as long as the Spanish media continue to deal with the issue, his son will have more options to have a fair trial.” As indicated to SEMANA, Rodolfo “considers that the press exercises an observer role and that this is a guarantee that the legislation is complied with”That is why they do not want in any way to stop reporting the case.

police inconsistencies

In Sancho’s family they fear that, if this happened, it could give rise to any type of negligence from Thailand. In fact, there are many inconsistencies that have been observed in the police investigations and that have been denounced by the Spanish press. They understand that if in front of the press the number two of the Thai police and head of the investigation has been able to say that Daniel Sancho does not sleep in the Koh Samui prison and that he is transferred daily from another prison, Surat Thani , where I would sleep, they do not know what could happen if the Spanish press stops dealing with the subject.