Three foreigners disappeared in Baja California at the end of April, which caused mobilization by Mexican authorities and also by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It was about the siblings Australians Jake and Callum Robinsonas well as his American friend Jack Carter Rhoad. It was not until Sunday, May 5, that the relatives of the victims recognized the bodies of the victims.
How were the relatives those who confirmed he finding Of the men mentioned, genetic tests were not performed. The bodies were found in a well along with the body of another person whose identity is unknown, although it is presumed that she is a person of Mexican origin and that said body was abandoned days before the attack against the foreigners.
During a conference offered on Sunday, May 5, the authorities indicated that the death of the surfers resulted from a heist that those responsible for it “got out of hand.” During a reconstruction of the events, the entity’s prosecutor, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, explained that the men had resisted a robbery.
According to the authorities at the site where the foreigners were camping, subjects arrived in a white van those who paid attention to the tires of the unit belonging to the surfers.
“[El ataque] It was not because of the surfing, they were victims who showed up at the time and wanted to steal the vehicle, that was the objective,” commented Andrade Ramírez. One of the preliminary hypotheses is that those responsible for the attack had not followed up on the foreign men, “those people were able to navigate those places.”
Furthermore, the prosecutor highlighted that all the bodies were found with a impact by firearm in the head. Apparently one of the surfers opposed the robbery, which caused him to be dissipated. Faced with these events, the two remaining subjects reacted and also tried to prevent the robbery, which led to the death of both people.
After being questioned about whether the case would be linked to the organized crimeAndrade Ramírez said that it is a hypothesis which has not been ruled out, although it is not considered the main line of research.
One of the people present even questioned whether it was really a robbery, since from the evidence it would seem that it was a cluster who knows the area well and could dedicate himself to this type of activities.
“It seems like a group of people organized to commit crimes in the area, that is their mode of operation,” inquired one of the journalists on the site. To which Elena Andrade assured that cannot confirm this theoryinsisting on the robbery hypothesis.
Another detail about the case that caught the attention of reporters was that the victims had a bullet in the head. When questioned by them, Andrade Ramírez said that the investigations are still continuing, so she could not be certain of certain things.
At first the security agents they were looking to the foreigners alivebut after finding a site where there were remains of tents, as well as blood trails, they thought about the possibility that these men were no longer alive, which was later verified.
At the conference, the reporters present tried to find out if the case was related to some criminal groupeven one of the communicators highlighted that the area has been reported as one where there are drug transfer; However, the authorities insisted on the version of the robbery as the probable one, although they did not rule out other lines of investigation.
And one of the detained subjects, nicknamed The Kekas He has a criminal record, including drug dealingas well as for carjacking, that is, for what the three surfers were murdered. In total three people are currently detained, although two for crimes against health. Likewise, there are other people who could be related to the case, the prosecutor highlighted.
Due to the case of the murdered surfers, there was a march in Baja California in their honor.
