The authorities of the Mexican state of Baja California reported this Saturday that there is a “high degree of probability” that three bodies found in a well are two missing Australians and one American last week.
Prosecutor María Elena Andrade told reporters that the bodies, taken on Friday from a well in a cliff, are in an “advanced state of decomposition,” which complicates their full identification.
“However, As for his clothing and some characteristics such as long hair and some specific physical descriptions, we have that high probability.”responded to the express question of whether they could be the three foreigners reported missing.
Mexican authorities, in collaboration with the FBI and the Australian consulate, are investigating the fate of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter.
The three surf fans They were last seen on April 27 in Bocana de Santo Tomása tourist destination in the municipality of Ensenada, in the state of Baja California, bordering the United States.
Although the bodies were found in that same tourist area in the early hours of the day before yesterday, the ruggedness of the terrain delayed their recovery for several hours. Another body was found at the site, the prosecutor confirmed, but the studies carried out determined that it had been there for some time, so it has nothing to do with the case of the surfers.
Andrade explained that the well where they were found It is more than 15 meters deep and could be used by criminals to hide the remains of their victims.
Regarding the lines of investigation surrounding the disappearance of the young people, the prosecutor said that one of them is the attempted robbery of the truck in which they were traveling.
The authorities reported on Thursday that a white pickup-type vehicle with a license plate from California, United States, in which the missing persons were allegedly traveling, had been found in Bocana de Santo Tomás. The truck was burned in a nearby area.
Police arrested three people allegedly related to this case occurred in the resorts of Baja California – a state with the presence of criminal groups – which are visited by numerous American travelers.
