{"id":883646,"date":"2026-09-07T20:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/883646\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:48:17","slug":"alleged-killers-of-australian-surfers-and-american-friend-go-on-trial-in-mexico-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/883646\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged killers of Australian surfers and American friend go on trial in Mexico | Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The alleged killers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot in 2024 have gone on trial in the border resort where the three were murdered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/05\/mexico-bodies-missing-men-police\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot dead after being robbed in Mexico\u2019s violence-hit Baja California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">They were camping in a remote beachside area when they were attacked. Their bodies were found hidden on a cliff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Robinsons\u2019 parents travelled to the port city of Ensenada for the start of the trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cIt\u2019s about representing our sons, being here for them. I know they want us to be here,\u201d Martin Robinson told reporters as he entered the court with his wife, Debra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe want to find out what happened. We want to find out why,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jake (left) and Callum (right) with their parents, Debra and Martin Robinson. Photograph: Callum and Jake Robinson Foundation<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Three men are on trial for homicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The girlfriend of one of the accused was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/21\/woman-jailed-for-20-years-over-death-of-australian-surfer-brothers-and-american-man-in-mexico\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to 20 years in prison last year after admitting she had instigated the robbery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The crime sparked outrage and sadness in Australia and the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Callum Robinson played professional lacrosse in the US. His brother Jake was pursuing a career in medicine. Rhoad was killed a few months before he was due to marry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Other foreign tourists have previously been targeted in criminal attacks on Mexico\u2019s Pacific coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/dec\/15\/mexico-confirms-burnt-remains-found-in-campervan-as-missing-australian-surfers\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two Australian surfers were murdered in 2015 while traveling through the north-western state of Sinaloa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Their bodies were later burned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The alleged killers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot in 2024 have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-883646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}