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The Sydney Morning Herald
· collected 2026-10-09 · by Michael Koziol, Gabriela Martinez
In Ensenada, Mexico, three men were convicted of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson along with their American friend Carter Rhoad during a surfing trip in Baja California in 2024. The trial lasted five weeks, and the victims’ parents attended every day before leaving for the US soon after the verdict was delivered on Thursday afternoon local time. Prosecutors argued that the tourists were killed when a robbery attempt went wrong; their bodies were discovered in a well days later with gunshot wounds.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 10, a Mexican judge handed down guilty verdicts against three men accused of murdering two Australian brothers, Jake and Callum Robinson (aged 30 and 33), and their American friend Carter Rhoad in Baja California state, Mexico. The victims were on a surfing trip when they were shot dead during an alleged robbery in April 2024. Their parents, Martin and Debra Robinson, addressed the court, pleading for maximum sentences to be imposed on the killers. The trial, which lasted five weeks, concluded with prosecutor demands for 150 years in prison for each of the three convicted men: Jesús Gerardo, Irineo Francisco, and Ángel Jesús. This case has raised significant concerns about tourist safety in Mexico.
Written for “Murder Trial Of Australian Surfers In…” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 5 other(s) covering the same event.
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Three Mexican men have been found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad during a surfing holiday in Baja California in 2024.
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men → find → 2024
The parents of the two Australians, Debra and Martin Robinson, held hands as judge Raúl Hernández Arellano delivered his verdict.
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Arellano → hold → verdict
They attended every day of the five-week trial in Ensenada, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, and were due to leave for the US within hours, before flying home to Perth in a few days.
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They → attend → days
On Thursday afternoon (Mexico time), they sat through six hours of closing arguments while just a metre away from their sons’ killers, who sat in a row behind their lawyers wearing orange prison jumpsuits.
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who → sit → jumpsuits
The men - Jesus Gerardo, also known as El Kekas, Irineo Francisco and Angel Jesus - were found guilty of aggravated homicide, aggravated robbery, violent robbery and violent vehicle theft.
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men → know → homicide
The Robinson brothers and Rhoad disappeared in late April 2024 while they were camping in a remote surfing spot in beachside Baja California, a region also afflicted by drug trafficking and violent crime.
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they → disappear → trafficking
Their bodies, along with that of a local farmer, were found days later down the bottom of a well.
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bodies → find → well
They had been shot.
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They → shoot → ?
The prosecution successfully argued that the three tourists were victims of a robbery that went awry.
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that → argue → robbery
The court heard the victims begged for mercy before they were murdered, and that the killers later mocked their pleas.
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killers → hear → pleas
Jake, 31, was a doctor who was due to start a job at a hospital in Geelong when he returned to Australia.
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he → start → Australia
Callum, 32, was a talented sportsman who had played lacrosse professionally in the US.
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who → play → US
He was living in San Diego at the time.
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He → live → time
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