Thieves killed Australian brothers, American to steal their ute, say Mexican authorities

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Thieves killed Australian brothers, American to bargain their ute, accidental Mexican authorities

Mexico City: Thieves killed 2 Australians and an American connected a surfing travel to Mexico successful bid to bargain their ute, peculiarly due to the fact that they wanted the tyres, authorities said connected Sunday.

Baja California authorities prosecutors released grisly details of the slayings, but person not yet officially confirmed the recognition of the bodies of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad.

They said household members of the victims are viewing the bodies to spot if they tin beryllium identified by sight.

A missing persons poster for Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad.

The thieves dumped them into a remote, 15-metre heavy well. If relatives can’t place them, further tests volition beryllium conducted. The good besides contained a 4th cadaver that had been determination overmuch longer.

“The probability that it’s them is precise high,” said main authorities prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez, noting the corpses inactive appeared to beryllium identifiable by sight.

The 3 men went missing past play during a camping and surfing trip, posting idyllic photos connected societal media of waves and isolated beaches on a agelong of seashore southbound of the metropolis of Ensenada.

But Andrade Ramírez described the moments of panic that ended the travel for the Australian brothers and the American.

She said the killers drove by and saw the foreigners’ pickup motortruck and tents, and wanted to bargain their tyres.

“Surely, they resisted,” she said of the victims, and the thieves changeable them to death.

The thieves past went to what she called “a tract that is highly hard to get to” and dumped their bodies into a good they seemingly were acquainted with. She said investigators were not ruling retired the anticipation the aforesaid suspects besides dumped the first, earlier assemblage successful the good arsenic portion of their thefts.

A burnt-out ute recovered successful the hunt for missing Perth brothers Jake and Callum Robinson successful Mexico and a representation of the ute they were travelling successful that Callum posted connected Instagram.

“They whitethorn person been looking for trucks successful this area,” Andrade Ramírez said.

The tract wherever the bodies were discovered adjacent the township of Santo Tomás was adjacent the distant seaside country wherever the missing men’s tents and motortruck were recovered Thursday on the coast. From their past photograph posts, the travel looked perfect. But adjacent experienced section expats are questioning whether it is harmless to campy on the mostly deserted seashore immoderate more.

The moderator of the section Talk Baja net forum, who has lived successful the country for astir 2 decades, wrote successful an editorial Saturday that “the world is, the dangers of travelling to and camping successful distant areas are outweighing the benefits immoderate more.”

Baja California prosecutors had said they were questioning 3 radical successful the case. On Friday, the bureau said the 3 had been arrested connected charges of a transgression equivalent to kidnapping, but that was earlier the bodies were found. It was unclear if they mightiness look much charges.

At slightest 1 of the suspects was believed to person straight participated successful the killings.

Last week, the missing Australians’ mother, Debra Robinson, posted connected a section assemblage Facebook leafage an entreaty for assistance successful uncovering her sons. Robinson said Callum and Jake had not been heard from since April 27. They had booked accommodations successful the adjacent metropolis of Rosarito.

Robinson said 1 of her sons, Callum, was diabetic. She besides mentioned that the American who was with them was named Jack Carter Rhoad, but the US Embassy successful Mexico City did not instantly corroborate that.

The US State Department said it was alert of reports of a US national missing successful Baja, but gave nary further details.

In 2015, 2 Australian surfers, Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas, were killed successful occidental Sinaloa state, crossed the Gulf of California — besides known arsenic the Sea of Cortez — from the Baja peninsula. Authorities said they were victims of road bandits. Three suspects were arrested successful that case.

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