With the intention of stealing the tires of a pick-up, criminals murdered the Australian brothers with shots to the head Jake Robinson and Callum Robinsonand to the North American Jack Carter, tourists who had arrived at the Santo Tomas delegation in Ensenada, to practice surfing.
“The attackers pass by aboard a white Ford Ranger vehicle, having in sight the Colorado pick-up vehicle, also white, owned by the victims, they approach with the intention of seizing the pick-up vehicle to remove the tires and other parts and put them in the pick-up that they were driving,” said the prosecutor of Baja California, María Elena Andrade Ramírez.
“The aggressors take out a weapon that they had in their possession, a firearm, and first deprive the life of the one who, at the beginning, opposed the theft of the vehicle, then the other two attack them to defend their assets and see the attack on their partner and they also deprive them of their lives,” added the prosecutor.
After murdering them, the murderers They dragged the bodies to one of the pick-ups, to take them to the well where the authorities located them, last Friday, May 3; The place is about seven kilometers away from where the tourists were camping.
The disappearance occurred on April 27 and, at the time of being found, they showed signs of decomposition for a period of between six and seven days, according to the general director of forensic sciences of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California.
With the above, there are possibilities that the same day that the tourists were no longer heard from was when the crimes occurred; The non-location report was presented to the authority until April 30.
The place where the Australian brothers and their American friend were camping is difficult to access, with no internet or cell phone signal, factors that influenced the robbery, according to the words of the Baja California prosecutor.
This last ruled out that it is an area controlled by a criminal cartel, emphasizing that it was a robbery.
A man and a woman were arrested in the first instance for possession of methamphetamines, but when the cell phone of one of the victims was found, they began to be investigated for the crimes, with a third person involved, Jesús Gerardo, alias “El Kekas”, detained. for the crime of disappearance.
However, the three may also be tried for the homicides if the investigation so determines.
The parents of the Australian brothers, Jake Robinson and Callum Robinson, as well as the parents of the American, Jack Carter, arrived on May 4 to identify the bodies of their children, a procedure that will conclude this Sunday afternoon.
María Elena Andrade Ramírez, pointed out that we must wait for recognition, indicating that there are high possibilities that it is the tourists who were located in the well in Santo Tomas, Ensenada.
Because of the homicides, the Baja California Surfing Association and the Ensenada surfing community demonstrated in the port.
“This atrocious act has not only deeply impacted those of us who practice this sport, but has also shaken the foundations of our coastal community, which has always been a haven of peace and camaraderie among surf lovers,” the association shared through a statement.
“We urge the competent authorities to carry out a exhaustive and transparent investigation to bring those responsible for this act of violence to justice,” the text adds.
