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Blackmail led to grisly murder on Phangan, says Spanish actor’s son

Spanish chef Daniel Sancho Bronchalo is seen at the Koh Phangan police station for questioning on Monday. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan)

SURAT THANI: A Spanish chef who admitted to killing and dismembering his Colombian lover on Koh Phangan said he did so because the latter had threatened to blackmail him and damage the reputation of his family in Spain, police said.

The Spaniard, Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, has been detained for questioning after trash collectors found a black plastic bag constaining human parts at a garbage dump on the island. A DNA test of the parts proved to be of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, a Colombian…

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