Mexican court finds three men guilty of 2024 killing of Australian, US surfers
Prosecutors said the tourists were killed in a robbery attempt, and the court also convicted the men of aggravated homicide, violent robbery and vehicle theft.
- A Baja California court convicted Jesus Gerardo Garcia, known as "El Kekas," and co-defendants Irineo Francisco and Angel Jesus on Friday for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad.
- Prosecutors stated the suspects attempted to carjack the tourists near Punta San Jose in April 2024; the victims were fatally shot after resisting and found in a well on May 3, 2024.
- Rhoad's fiancee, Natalie Weirtz, provided testimony via video call from the United States, while parents Martin and Debra Robinson traveled from Perth to attend the four-week trial.
- On October 16, the court will announce final penalties for the trio, with prosecutors having sought sentences of up to 150 years for aggravated homicide, violent robbery, and vehicle theft.
- Following the killings, the State Department urged Americans to reconsider travel to Baja California due to crime and kidnapping risks; Garcia's then-girlfriend, Gisell Silva, received a 20-year prison sentence in November 2025.
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The crime occurred in April 2024, when the three youths traveled to Baja California for surfing and camping in the region
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A local judge on Friday found three Mexicans guilty of the wallers of two Australian brothers and their American friend in April 2024 in the Mexican state of Baja California. The trial for the triple homicide that drew international attention concluded on Friday in the coastal city of Ensenada after...
The three men who were found guilty of the murders of two Australian surfer brothers and their American friend in 2024 in Ensenada, a city south of Tijuana (Mexico). The victims were named Jake and Callum Robinson, respectively 30 and 33 years old, and Carter Rhoad, 30 years old: [...] The article Mexico, killed two Australian surfer brothers and an American friend during a robbery: three men were sentenced from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
The bodies of two Australian brothers and their American friend were found with gunshot wounds to the head in Mexico in 2024.
THREE men have been convicted in Mexico for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and American Carter Rhoad. Tourists were killed while trying to rob their pickup truck.
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