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Suspects who 'attacked Australian surfers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad' who disappeared in Mexico are identified
Three bodies found - and reports of a fourth - in a well in northern Mexico
Police have confirmed IDs of three Mexicans arrested for the disappearance
Prosecutors say forensic tests will be done at a local laboratory
Callum and Jake Robinson, from Perth, and Jack Rhoad vanished a week ago
"Baja California, where the men shared their vacation snaps, is known as one of Mexico's most violent, cartel-controlled states."
Updated: 15:04 EDT, 4 May 2024
Baja California state Attorney-General Maria Elena Andrade Ramirez said a murder investigation has commenced and indicated investigators believe the trio were killed in an attempted robbery.
'When they tried to get the vehicle, the victims opposed the robbery, the robbers were armed with a firearm and apparently shot the victims,' she told 7News.
Shell casings were found at the campsite were the three men were last seen, a surfing spot known as La Bocana at Santo Tomas, local media reported.
Prosecutors have confirmed three people - two brothers, and a 23-year-old woman - who were arrested earlier this week have now been charged with a crime equivalent to kidnapping on Friday.
Forensic tests will be undertaken by the local laboratory to identify if the bodies are the missing trio, the Baja California prosecutor's office said in a statement, per AAP.
Local news outlet Zeta is also reporting the fourth body is that of the ranch owner, who had been missing for several weeks. No cause of death has been made public.
The Robinson brothers had attended Coachella before going to Mexico to surf.
Callum was based in the U.S. where he was an accomplished lacrosse player known as 'the Big Koala', and Jake, who worked in regional hospitals across Australia, had flown out to San Diego two weeks ago to visit him.
Rhoad worked in technology services in San Diego.
The remains were found in a well more than 15 meters (49ft) deep next to a cliff at Punta San José in Santo Tomás, in the municipality of Ensenada, near a remote surfing spot known as Lighthouse, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Baja California, where the men shared their vacation snaps, is known as one of Mexico's most violent, cartel-controlled states.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13382903/Suspects-identified-Australian-surfers-Callum-Jake-Robinson-America-Jack-Carter-Rhoad-Mexico.html