State Attorney General Maria Elena Andrade told reporters that the bodies were in an “advanced state of decomposition,” making it difficult to fully identify them.
Three bodies found in Mexico, where foreign surfers are missing
“However, given their clothing and certain characteristics such as long hair and specific physical descriptions, the probability is high,” she said, when asked about the possibility that these were the three foreigners carried disappeared.
Another body was discovered in the same place, she added, specifying that analyzes showed that it had been there for longer and had nothing to do with the disappearance of the three surfers.
The prosecutor added that one of the leads followed by investigators was an attempted theft of the tourists’ pick-up that went wrong. The vehicle was found burned not far from the bodies.
Two Australian brothers, Jake and Callum Robinson, and an American, Jack Carter, surfing enthusiasts, were last seen on April 27 in Bocana de Santo Tomas, a seaside resort in the municipality of Ensenada.
According to Australian media, Jake Robinson is 30 years old, his brother Callum 33 and Jack Carter 30.
Journalists deployed to the area saw rescue teams and forensic experts extract what appeared to be mud-covered corpses from a well in a cliff at the top using a pulley system. above the Pacific.
Three arrests
The mother of the two Australians, Debra Robinson, indicated on Facebook that they never arrived at the accommodation they had booked.
Callum Robinson’s Instagram account posts various snaps from the trio’s trip to Mexico where they can be seen enjoying beers with their feet up in a bar, lounging in a jacuzzi, eating roadside tacos, watching the waves .
On Thursday, authorities in Baja California indicated that three Mexicans had been arrested and were being questioned in connection with these disappearances.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the disappearances as “very worrying” on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs said that the department was in regular contact with the families of the missing Australians during this “very distressing moment” and that the Australian embassy in Mexico was working in close collaboration. with the Australian Federal Police and local authorities.
The famous beaches of Baja California are frequented by many American vacationers, who take advantage of the proximity to the border with the United States. But this state is also one of the most violent in Mexico due to the presence of criminal groups.
In November 2015, two Australian surfers, Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, were killed in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico.
And in March 2023, suspected members of the Gulf Cartel kidnapped four Americans in the city of Matamoros, on the American border. Two of them were killed.
The wave of violence that has engulfed Mexico since the federal government launched a controversial anti-drug operation at the end of 2006 has left more than 450,000 dead and 100,000 missing.
