Jake and Callum Robinson: The Baja California Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that the three bodies found match those of the surfers “with a high degree of probability”

The Baja California Prosecutor’s Office announced this Saturday that the three bodies found, very close to the area where three foreign surfers disappeared last week, correspond “with a high degree of probability” to two young Australians and an American. Eat. The prosecutor, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, said they were almost certain it was him because of certain physical characteristics and clothing remains. He announced that, in any case, the bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition and definitive forensic tests would still take some days.

Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter lost track at Punta San Jose near Ensenada on April 27. The three bodies were found this Friday inside a well, a few kilometers away from the spot where they were last seen. “Because of the clothing and certain characteristics, like long hair, and certain physical descriptions, we have a very high probability that they are the surfers reported missing,” Andrade said. A search operation found blood and teeth near a tent where three surfers slept, the prosecutor said Thursday. The car in which they were traveling was burnt to ashes.

Authorities have already arrested two men and a woman, who were traced to the cell phone of one of the three missing youths. “We have already made great progress. At this time, a task force is at the location where he was last seen, the prosecutor said.

The brothers’ mother, Debra Robinson, took to social media last Wednesday asking for help locating her children, who began the trip Thursday last week to surf the waves of Baja California with friend Jack Carter who also Have 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.

The woman’s biggest concern was that her 33-year-old son Callum is diabetic, so he needs medication. He 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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