Ensenada, Mexico — Three men went on trial Monday in the 2024 killings of two Australian brothers and an American friend who disappeared while camping and surfing at a remote beach in Baja California.
Jesús Gerardo García, known as “El Kekas,” appeared in court in the coastal city of Ensenada alongside Irineo Francisco N. and Ángel Jesús N., whose surnames were withheld under Mexican criminal procedure. All three face charges of murder and aggravated robbery, court officials said.
The victims were identified as Callum Ryan Robinson, 33; Jake Martin Robinson, 30; and Jack Carter Rhoad, 30. Their bodies were found several days later, dumped in a cliff-top shaft with gunshot wounds to their heads.
Martin Robinson, father of the Australian brothers, attended the hearing with his wife. “I know they would want us to be here; they would do the same for us,” he told reporters before entering the courthouse.
Prosecutors say the men were killed during an attempt to steal their pickup truck, which was later found burned near where the bodies were recovered. García’s former partner, Silva Raya, was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year after admitting she instigated the robbery to steal the pickup’s tires.
The trial is scheduled to continue Tuesday.
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