Three individuals were charged by Mexican authorities on Saturday in relation to the disappearance of three tourists who vanished in Baja California last month.
The statement follows the discovery of three bodies by officials on Friday close to a Pacific coast cliff in the vicinity of the reported missing tourists. The identities of the bodies are still pending.
On April 27, Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, along with their American vacation buddy Jack Carter Rhoad, vanished while enjoying camping and surfing in the well-known Ensenada area.
Authorities in Mexico claim that the guys did not show up for their scheduled check-in at AirBnB in Rosarito, nor did Callum show up for work in San Diego as scheduled.
On a nearby ranch, authorities discovered their white pickup truck completely burned out. In addition, they discovered the men’s supposedly temporary tents.
In conjunction with the inquiry, police earlier this week detained two brothers and a lady who was romantically associated with one of them.
The woman was in possession of a cellphone bearing a picture of one of the missing males, according to Ensenada Mayor Carlos Ibarra Aguiar.
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Attorney General María Elena Andrade Ramírez of Baja California stated that officials do not think organized crime has anything to do with the men’s disappearance.
She said to the Australian Broadcasting Corp., “We have an influx of tourists, and a similar case has not occurred.”
Debra and Martin Robinson, the brothers’ parents, announced on Friday that they were traveling to Baja California in order to “be as close as possible to the area where they were last seen.”
“Our only comfort right now is that they were together doing something they passionately loved,” they stated.
Surfers love Baja California, but the region is also home to vicious drug cartels engaged in turf disputes. It’s regarded as the most hazardous state in Mexico.
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