The presumed bodies of two Australian surfers and an American, missing in Mexico, were found with a bullet in the head, Mexican prosecutors announced on Sunday. They have since been formally identified.
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The three bodies found in a seaside resort on the Mexican Pacific coast correspond to three foreign surfers, two Australians and an American, missing for several days, the general prosecutor’s office of the state of Baja California (northwest) said on Sunday. .
“The prosecution confirms that the bodies found” correspond to the names of Jake and Callum Robinson, of Australian origin, and the American Jack Carter,” said a press release from the prosecution.
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“They all have a hole in their head produced by a gun projectile,” said prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade.
A theft gone wrong?
One of the favorite leads followed by investigators is that of an attempted theft of the tourists’ pick-up which apparently went wrong.
The vehicle was found burned not far from the bodies of the two Australian brothers and the American, surfing enthusiasts, who had last been seen on April 27.
The US Federal Police office in San Diego, southwest California, announced earlier that “three deceased individuals” had “been found in Santo Tomas, Baja California”, without revealing the identities of the victims.
Santo Tomas is located about 45 kilometers southeast of Ensenada, in a region of Mexico marked by drug cartel violence.
On Thursday, authorities in Baja California indicated that three Mexicans had been arrested and were being questioned in connection with these disappearances.
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