Callum and Jake Robinson: one shot in the head and three arrested: surfers’ case, bodies pending identification by families

The case of three surfers missing in northern Mexico is reaching its tipping point. In the absence of families identifying the bodies of the three young men, Baja California officials practically assume that the bodies found in a well a few days ago, very close to the spot where they were lost last week, are from the Australian brothers. Matches Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rode. The prosecution announced this Sunday that forensic examination of the bodies found showed that they had gunshot wounds to the head. This detail, along with the testimony of a third detainee, reinforces the main thesis of the investigation: the youths protested against the theft of their van and were murdered.

During the past few days, authorities had reported that search operations had found blood and teeth near a tent where three surfers slept. The car in which they were traveling was burnt to ashes. This Sunday, the prosecutor, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, held a press conference where she explained what the story of events could be. “The initial hypothesis is that these people went to camp at that place (Punta San Jose near Ensenada). There is proof of this. The attackers pass in a white Ford Ranger, while Raise “The victims are white.”

According to the prosecutor’s version, the attackers “came with the intention of taking over the pickup in order to remove the tires and put them on his oldest car. Of course there was resistance on his part and the attackers took out weapons and shot the man. According to the same version, two other youths came forward to defend him, and their bodies were later thrown into a well containing water. Gaya, about seven kilometers away from where the burnt pickup was found.

The Forensic Institute (Semfo) also reported that the tourists had been dead for five to seven days, so they may have been murdered during the last weekend of April. This date matches the first report of his disappearance. Having been submerged in water, the corpses are in an advanced state of decomposition, but due to certain physical characteristics, such as long hair and remnants of clothing, everything indicates that it is them. The three bodies remain in SEMEFO facilities awaiting delivery by the Prosecutor’s Office to their families.

The brothers’ mother, Debra Robinson, took to social media last Wednesday to ask for help locating her children, who along with their friend Jack Carter began the journey Thursday last week to surf the waves of Baja California. “I am addressing everyone who has seen both my children. They have not contacted us since Saturday, April 27,” he wrote on the Talk Baja Facebook page, which has 120,000 members offering travel recommendations to the state bordering the United States.

Their son Callum, 33, works as a lacrosse player in San Francisco. His brother Jake, 30, was visiting him from Perth, the Australian city where they were both originally from. According to information provided by his mother, he, together with Jack Carter, had driven two hours from the United States to Ensenada in their Chevrolet Colorado with California plates, number 70189W1. Last Saturday, when he disappeared, he had a reservation at a vacation home in Rosarito.

This news had a huge impact in Australia. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that the family was being provided consular assistance. The friend of one of the young people who spoke was most concerned abc radio perth It was that the Robinson brothers had not posted on social media after their disappearance: “Part of the concern is that they have been traveling across the United States and had been posting regularly about their travels up until the weekend Are.”

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