Mexican authorities said this Sunday (5) that the three people, whose bodies were found in the Mexican state of Baja California earlier this week, were murdered. The victims are “probably” the three missing surfers from the USA and Australia, according to police.
The attorney general of the Mexican state, Maria Elena Andrade, said at a press conference that a forensic investigation revealed that the three bodies had gunshots to the head and matched those of American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson.
The three friends are believed to have been on a surfing trip and camping near the city of Ensenada, about 60 miles from the border city of Tijuana, when they disappeared on April 29.
“It is most likely that the three bodies are those of the three surfers, but the family is still going through the identification process,” said Andrade.
She added that forensics determined that the three bodies were murdered, but they have not yet been formally identified. Members of the surfers' family arrived in Tijuana to identify the bodies, Andrade said.
Three Mexican citizens, who underwent interrogation, were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, the attorney general's office said.
The three bodies were found on a cliff south of the municipality of Ensenada, according to two security sources and a member of an activist group specializing in searching for missing people.
A local police source told CNN that authorities also found the men's burned-out pickup truck about 65 kilometers from where the bodies were found.
Source: CNN Brasil
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