Three men identified as Jesús Gerardo, Irineo Francisco, and Ángel Jesús were found guilty by a Mexican court of aggravated homicide in the April 2024 killings of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad during a surfing trip in Baja California.
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The Robinson brothers and their American friend Carter Rhoad were killed during a surfing and camping trip in Mexico's Baja California region in April 2024. The prosecution stated the killings occurred during a robbery gone wrong.
Three men accused of killing Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson in Mexico have been found guilty of the murders.
Jesús Gerardo, known as "El Kekas", Irineo Francisco and Ángel Jesús — whose full names have been withheld for legal reasons — have been on trial in a Mexican court.
A judge found all three men guilty of aggravated homicide and several related offences.
The brothers and their American friend, Carter Rhoad, were killed during a surfing and camping trip in Mexico's Baja California region, on the Pacific coast, in April 2024.
The prosecution told the trial that the men were murdered during a robbery gone wrong.
The defence had attempted to argue there was not enough evidence to prove the case.
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The three convicted men will receive sentencing for aggravated homicide and related offences.
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