Bodies found in well in Mexico confirmed to be of missing US, Australian surfers; tyre robbery suspected
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Mexican authorities confirmed on Sunday (May 5) that the families of one American and two Australian surfers who went missing in Baja California on April 26 have identified their bodies, the news agency Reuters reported. The families of Australian brothersCallum and Jake Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad were in Mexico to identify them.
The dead bodies of the surferswere found in a wellwith gunshot wounds to the head in what authorities are treating as a murder investigation. Authorities suspect it was a tyre robbery bid that had gone awry.
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Earlier,Baja California's state Attorney General Maria Elena Andrade had said that if the families could identify the bodies, it would void the need for DNA tests.
How did the surfers go missing?
Callum, Jake, and Carterwent missing while on a vacation surfing near thepopulartourist town of Ensenada, about 90 minutes south of the US-Mexicoborder on the Pacific coast.
The three surfers were last seen on April 27and reported missing a couple of days later, when authorities launched a multi-day search with the help of the USFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Theywere believedto havebeen killedduring a botched theft of their pick-up truck.
Prosecutors earlier said that three suspects, twomen,and one woman, have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the case.One of those arrested has a history of violence, drug dealing, and robbery, according to officials.
A preliminary hypothesis said thatthe arrested individuals attempted to carjack the foreignersandwhen the surfersresistedthey were shotand their bodies dumped in a well.
'Bodies found in advanced state of decomposition'
On Saturday, Andrade said that the bodieswere foundin an advanced state of decomposition at the bottom of the well. Reuters reportedthat all three bodies had a shot in the head.
Baja California is one of Mexico's most violent states, although the Ensenada area is considered safer.
(With inputs from agencies)