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When Australian surfer Callum Robinson took a new friend’s advice to travel to a secluded beach south of the Mexican border, he had no idea that this decision would cost him, his brother and their friend their lives… But what happened next? And who was behind their demise?
April the 27th 2024
from surfing the coast of mexico
to now a desperate search
perth brothers, Callum and jake robinson were traveling in the west coast of Baja California on April 27th when they disappeared. Baja California region alongside their american jack carther Rhoad. in a chevy colorado Ute.
local media outlets were reporting that a search was underway.
that is when officer learned that the group had plans to make their way to bocana and soon as police arrived at their last nown campsite it was clear that something had gone violently wrong.
officers notice blood stains and marks that appeared as ig heavy objects had been dragged leading them to believe that an attack of some kind had occurred at this campsite. all clues left behind wouyld continueto describe a grave scene. tents,which later were identified to match the description of callum’s and carters’s tents were found burnt at the scene and
although there was no sight of the pickup truck that too would eventually be found four miles away in a remote are of bacana they found a burnt white pickup truck as we know is the one that belonged to callum robinson .
with this information and in a desperate bid to calm international attention
the mexican authorities conducted an extensiv search of the area .
On Saturday, their remains were found at the bottom of a 50-foot well on a property near the city of Ensenada – about 2km away from their Airbnb in Rosarito.
Each had a single gunshot wound to the head.
callum ,jack and carter, the thre men had been murdered close to the secluded beach they were so keen to surf at.now friends and family were faced with the unbearable task of mourning their loveds ones and callum and jacks parents had to grief for not one but both of their sons.
Perth brothers Jake and Callum Robinson have been honoured at an emotional memorial with their heartbroken father leading the paddle out on the San Diego beach his son loved.
suprisingly officers would also find a fourth body beneath the three men.but this fourth body was not connected to the story and had been there for far longer.what it did tell the oficrs is that became evident thet whoever was responsible for their deaths had a clear murder action plan .
the well was remarkably well hidden and furthermore had ben boarded up before being covered in dirt.it was determined that they had likely been murdered by mexican locals.who may or may not known that callum , jack and carter were western.
shortly after the investigating the crime scene , officers arrested three people they believed were responsible for their deaths.
Brothers Jesús Gerardo (pictured left) and Cristian Alejandro García
the three suspects were named as the alleged ring leader jesús gerardo his brother christiana alejandro garcia.
and geraldo’s 23 year old girldriend Ari
Jesus Gerardo, his girlfriend Ari Gisel Garcia Cota and his brother Christian Alejandro Garcia were later arrested.
May ,2024
Gerardo, known as El Kekas, was charged with forced kidnapping but that could be upgraded to murder.
In an Ensenada court on Wednesday, Gisel revealed her boyfriend allegedly confessed to killing the Robinson brothers and Mr Rhoad when he returned from their blood-soaked campsite on April 27.
Jesús Gerardo aka El Kekas
According to Nine News, El Kekas said: ‘I f***ed up three gringos.’
Gisel asked: ‘What do you mean by that?’
El Kekas replied: ‘I killed them.’
She told the court he fitted her car with the tyres stolen from the victims’ white Chevrolet Colorado on April 28, the morning after the alleged murders.
The truck had been taken to Santo Tomás and set on fire, after which the wheels were removed.
Gisel fled to her mother’s house after being told of what happened, and was arrested a few hours later.
Prosecutors told her that she had the right to silence but she said ‘I don’t want to, I want to declare what I know’, explaining that she was the victim of domestic violence and wanted to protect her four-year-old son.
El Kekas is on remand until his matter is mentioned in court again, in November.
After the bodies were found on Saturday, Baja California’s state prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez alleged the trio had intended to steal the tyres, but the situation allegedly turned violent because the men resisted.
However, questions about the robbery theory remain because photographs of the burnt-out truck clearly show the wheels were still on the vehicle when it was set alight.
Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro told Daily Mail Australia there are many potential explanations as to what happened, but he said the authorities’ belief it was a robbery that escalated is most likely.
‘The logical theory is that it’s a robbery gone wrong and they’ve panicked and allegedly killed three people and they dispose of the bodies in a well,’ he said.
‘The fact that the tyres were still on the car seems to me to be about destroying evidence.’
He said the idea of allegedly shooting three people over a set of tyres ‘seems strange to Australians, but life is extremely cheap over there and people have killed for less’.
Mr Watson-Munro said he has travelled around the west coast of Mexico and knows others who went to the same region in Baja California, but they did not stop around Ensenada due to warnings of cartel violence
‘They made a decision to pass through and not to stop there because they were warned it’s like anarchy on steroids,’ he said.
‘That area in particular is lawless.’
He described the situation as a terrible tragedy, adding: ‘They’re just trying to have a surfing holiday and they paid the ultimate price.’
After the bodies were found on Saturday, Ms Ramírez told local reporters the alleged killers approached the men ‘with the intention of stealing their vehicle and taking the tyres and other parts to put them on the older-model pickup they were driving’.
‘When [the tourists] came up and caught them surely they resisted, and these people, the assailants, took out a gun and first they killed the one who was putting up resistance against the vehicle theft.
‘Then others came along and joined the fight to defend their property and their companion who had been attacked, and they killed them too.’
The alleged killers have been charged with kidnapping.
Ms García, 23, allegedly had one of the missing men’s mobile phones.
Police were able to make the arrests when a phone belonging to one of the Australian brothers was turned on and pinged a mobile tower in the area, leading officers to that location.
The alleged murders have not been linked to organised crime, but investigators have yet to rule it out.
Jake, who worked in Perth as a doctor, had flown to the US two weeks earlier to visit Callum, who was living in San Diego with his girlfriend Emily Horwath.
Their parents Martin and Debra Robinson broke down in tears as they spoke about their sons deaths from San Diego on Tuesday.
‘It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Callum and Jake have been murdered,’ Ms Robinson said.
‘Our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us.’
‘Now it’s time to bring them home to family and friends – and the ocean waves in Australia. Please live bigger, shine brighter and love harder in their memory.’