ENSENADA, Mexico — Three males charged with homicide within the 2024 killings of two Australian brothers and an American pal went on trial Monday in Mexico’s Baja California state, courtroom officers mentioned.
The three males are charged with homicide and aggravated theft within the killing of the three individuals who went lacking whereas tenting and browsing at a distant seaside in Baja.
Jesús Gerardo García, referred to as “El Kekas,” and two others recognized as Irineo Francisco N. and Ángel Jesús N. appeared in courtroom within the coastal metropolis of Ensenada over the deaths of Callum Ryan Robinson, 33, Jake Martin Robinson, 30 and Jack Carter Rhoad, 30. The surnames of the latter two defendants had been withheld in in accordance with Mexican felony process.
Their our bodies had been discovered a number of days later, dumped in a cliff-top shaft with gunshot wounds to their heads.
Martin Robinson, the daddy of the Australian brothers, attended the listening to along with his spouse.
“I do know they might need us to be right here; they might do the identical for us,” he informed reporters earlier than coming into the courthouse.
Prosecutors say the boys had been killed throughout an try to steal their pickup truck, which was later discovered burned close to their our bodies.
García former companion, Silva Raya, was sentenced to twenty years in jail final 12 months after admitting she instigated the theft to steal the pickup’s tires.
The trial is because of proceed Tuesday.
