{"id":936370,"date":"2026-10-17T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936370\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T11:44:10","slug":"three-mexicans-jailed-for-158-years-each-for-killing-australian-us-surfers-courts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936370\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Mexicans jailed for 158 years each for killing Australian, US surfers | Courts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Mexican judge sentenced the three men for the 2024 murders a week after they were found guilty.<\/p>\n

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Published On 17 Oct 202617 Oct 2026<\/p>\n

Three Mexican men have been sentenced to more than 158 years in prison each for the murder of two Australian brothers and their American friend<\/a> during a surf trip on Mexico\u2019s Baja California coast in 2024.<\/p>\n

A Mexican judge in the coastal city of Ensenada, in Baja California state, ruled on Friday that Jesus Gerardo Garcia, alias \u201cEl Kekas\u201d, Irineo Francisco \u201cN\u201d and Angel Jesus \u201cN\u201d would each serve 158 years and nine months in prison for homicide, robbery with violence and vehicle theft with violence.<\/p>\n

The defendants were found guilty<\/a> a week ago of the murders of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, aged 33 and 30, respectively, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, 30.<\/p>\n

The case impacted Mexico\u2019s tourism industry by exposing the risks foreigners face when visiting the country.<\/p>\n

Previously, the Baja California State Attorney General\u2019s Office requested the \u201cexemplary sentence\u201d of 210 years in prison for each defendant.<\/p>\n

Antonio Otanez, president of the Baja California surfers\u2019 association, welcomed the outcome, saying \u201cjustice has been served.\u201d<\/p>\n

Otanez acknowledged that the killings had caused a \u201cmajor drop\u201d in tourist visits, particularly by surfers, to the region known for its beautiful beaches.<\/p>\n

The Robinson brothers and Rhoad travelled to Mexico in late April 2024 to surf at a beach in Punta San Jose, near the popular tourist city of Ensenada.<\/p>\n

The three friends camped on the beach on the night of April 27, 2024. Authorities launched a multi-day search with help from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after the men were missing for several days.<\/p>\n

The bodies were found on May 3 in a well more than 15 metres (50 feet) deep, all with gunshot wounds to their heads.<\/p>\n

Last week, the brothers\u2019 father, Martin Robinson, said the \u201cguilty verdict is a significant moment in our long and painful journey to seek justice for our beautiful sons, Callum and Jake, and their friend Carter Rhoad, whose lives were so cruelly taken from them in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mexican judge sentenced the three men for the 2024 murders a week after they were found guilty.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13444,2169,24965,43,28461,1072,44,41,39,42,40,1674],"class_list":["post-936370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-gun-violence","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-mexico","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}