Mexico brings first charge in case of American and Australian tourists killed on surfing trip

A suspect has been indicted in relation to the deaths of two Australian brothers and an American, who died during a surfing trip in Mexico, according to Baja California’s Prosecutor’s Office.

A suspect has been indicted in relation to the deaths of two Australian brothers and an American, who died during a surfing trip in Mexico, according to Baja California’s Prosecutor’s Office. The suspect was indicted on a charge of forced disappearance in the case involving the three tourists, whose bodies were found last week dumped in a 50-foot well with gunshot wounds to the head. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement Wednesday that it would also press charges of homicide. Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surfing and camping trip near the town of Ensenada, about 60 miles south of the border city of Tijuana when they went missing. Mexican authorities believe that at some point between the afternoon of April 27 and the following morning, several people approached the surfers intending to steal their vehicle, and “due to the reaction of the victims, they deprived them of their lives.” Authorities said the suspect – one of three Mexican citizens who have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping in the case – was captured a “few hours” later.