{"id":64696,"date":"2025-11-22T02:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/64696\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:56:06","slug":"she-set-up-three-surfers-visiting-mexico-to-be-robbed-investigators-say-all-were-found-dead-in-a-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/64696\/","title":{"rendered":"She set up three surfers visiting Mexico to be robbed, investigators say. All were found dead in a well."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Mexican woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in last year\u2019s killing of two Australian brothers and an American friend during a surfing trip in Baja California.<\/p>\n<p>The Baja California sate attorney general\u2019s office said in a written statement that the woman, identified as Ary Gisell Silva Raya, 23, pleaded guilty to committing robbery and vehicle theft with violence. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Raya admitted in court that she urged her boyfriend and the two other suspects to rob the three men. The victims were later found dead in a well after an extensive search.<\/p>\n<p>A Mexican court sentenced the woman on Wednesday after she waived her right to a trial. She was also ordered to pay $54,000 in pesos, an amount equivalent to nearly $3,000. Prosecutors said the court warned that the sentencing was related for the thefts that led to the murders and that she could face additional penalties in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Australian brothers Callum Robinson,33, and Jake, 30, along with their American friend, Jack Rhoad, 30 were killed during a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2024-05-03\/three-surfers-drove-to-mexico-from-california-then-they-disappeared\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surfing trip in Baja California on April 2024.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>State prosecutors said the killings occurred in a remote area known as Punta San Jose, about 20 miles south of Ensenada.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation conducted by the Mexican state attorney general\u2019s Specialized Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Crimes Against Life determined that Raya arrived at the location on the night of April 27 and befriended the men. She also noticed their valuables.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. the following day, three <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2024-05-05\/mexican-authorities-say-thieves-killed-2-australians-and-an-american-to-steal-their-truck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thieves showed up at the site<\/a> and robbed the victims before killing them.<\/p>\n<p>The families reported the men missing to the local authorities that same day after they determined that the men never checked into their Airbnb in Rosarito Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Their disappearance prompted a massive search that involved the authorities, the Mexican marines and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of the three men were discovered in a well on May 2. Authorities said each of them  had been shot in the head. Authorities later arrested Raya and three other suspects in connection with the deadly robberies.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, under Mexican law, have been identified by their first names only as Jes\u00fas \u201cEl Kekas\u201d Gerardo, Irineo Francisco and \u00c1ngel Jes\u00fas.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican authorities said the three  remain in custody awaiting trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mexican woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in last year\u2019s killing of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38828,20675,38827,1697,7,9,8,3622,34115,5686,11428,1555,38826,346,38825,7214,38824,10525],"class_list":["post-64696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-american-friend","tag-april","tag-australian-brother","tag-baja-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-court","tag-jesus","tag-killing","tag-local-authority","tag-man","tag-mexican-woman","tag-office","tag-other-suspect","tag-prosecutor","tag-raya","tag-well"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}