Trial Opens in Thailand for Son of Spanish Actors Over Killing of Colombian Surgeon

A Thai police officer escorts Spanish Daniel Sancho Bronchalo on suspicion of murdering a Colombian surgeon from Koh Phagnan Island to Koh Samui Island court, southern Thailand, on Aug. 7, 2023. Somkeat Ruksaman/AP Photo

BANGKOK—Thailand’s court began a trial Tuesday of the son of Spanish actors accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island.

Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, was indicted by prosecutors in October over the death of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, whose remains were found stuffed in plastic bags at a landfill on Koh Pha Ngan, an island famous for its rave-style “full moon parties.”