2024-05-06 11:20:22
Apparently they wanted to rob them and there was resistance, so they shot them.
Relatives identified that the three bodies located inside a well are those of two Australian surfers and an American who disappeared last weekend, Mexican authorities reported on Sunday.
The Baja California state prosecutor’s office indicated that relatives saw the bodies that were recovered in a well regarding 15 meters deep and identified them as their loved ones.
The three people, who were on a surfing trip in the Baja California peninsula, were apparently murdered by three thieves who stole their truck because they wanted the tires.
They then disposed of the bodies, throwing them into a well near the coast.
The well is located regarding 6 kilometers from the place where the foreigners were murdered, and also contained the remains of a fourth person who had been in that place for much longer.
Three suspects are detained in connection with the case, which local residents say was solved much faster than the disappearance of thousands of Mexicans.
The three men disappeared last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, and posted photos on social media of isolated waves and beaches along a stretch of coast south of the city of Ensenada.
State Attorney General María Elena Andrade Ramírez described the moments that ended the trip of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, from Australia, and American Jack Carter Rhoad.
He said that the thieves passed by and saw the foreigners’ truck and tents, and wanted to steal their tires.
“Surely there was resistance on their part” and the robbers shot them dead, he said.
The thieves then went to what the prosecutor described as a difficult-to-access location and threw their bodies into a well that they apparently already knew regarding.
Investigators do not rule out the possibility that the same suspects also dumped the first body into the well as part of their robberies.
The place where the bodies were discovered, near the municipality of Santo Tomás, was close to the remote coastal area where the tents and vehicle of the missing people were found on Thursday.
From his latest photos, the trip seemed perfect. But even foreigners who have lived in the area for a long time wonder if it is safe to camp on the coast.
The moderator of the local Internet forum Talk Baja, who has lived in the area for almost two decades, wrote in an editorial on Saturday that “the reality is that the dangers of traveling to and camping in remote areas already exceed the benefits.”
The Baja California prosecutor’s office had said it was questioning three people in the case.
On Friday, prosecutors said the three had been detained on charges of a crime equivalent to kidnapping, but that was before the bodies were found. It was unclear whether they might face more charges.
The mother of the missing Australians, Debra Robinson, asked for help Wednesday in locating her children in a message on a local community’s Facebook page.
Robinson said they had not heard from Callum and Jake since April 27. They had reserved accommodation in the city of Rosarito.
Robinson noted that one of his sons, Callum, was diabetic. He also mentioned that the American accompanying them was named Jack Carter Rhoad.
Mexican authorities say the bodies of the surfers missing in Baja California were inside a well and that the motive may have been robbery. pic.twitter.com/jLJymDRvRS
— Telemundo News (@TelemundoNews) May 6, 2024
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