MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mother of Two Australian surfers die in Mexico He paid a touching tribute to his sons on a San Diego beach Tuesday.
“Our hearts have been broken and the world has become a dark place for us,” Debra Robinson said, fighting back tears. “They were young people who were enjoying their passion for surfing together.”
Her sons, Callum and Jake, were allegedly killed in a carjacking in Baja California, just across the border from San Diego, around April 28 or 29.
Robinson also mourned American Jack Carter Lord, who was killed with them.
It was no coincidence that the place she spoke was on the beach just across the border from Tijuana, Baja California. She said her son Callum “considers the United States his second home.”
Robinson said she liked working at a hospital near the beach as a doctor because her son, Jake, loved surfing.
“Jake’s passion was surfing, and it was no coincidence that many of the hospitals he worked at were located near surfing beaches,” she says.
Holding back tears, Robinson delivered a final message that was in keeping with her sons’ adventurous lifestyle.
“In their memory, live bigger, shine brighter and love stronger,” she said.
Mr Robinson thanked Australian officials and supporters both locally and in the US.
It is notable that she thanked the Mexican ambassador to Australia, but ultimately did not thank local officials in Baja California. The bodies of his sons and Carter Lord were discovered..
Their killers dumped the men’s bodies in a well about 6 kilometers from where they were attacked at a seaside campsite. Investigators were surprised to find a fourth body beneath the bodies of the three foreigners, who had been there for even longer, suggesting the gang had been operating in the area for some time. .
The fact that such killers are not caught or stopped in the vast majority of cases in Mexico means that authorities allow them to roam free and in high-profile cases involving foreign nationals. It has been suggested that only such disappearances are being investigated.
Ms Robinson said her sons’ bodies and ashes would eventually be brought back to Australia.
“Now it’s time to take them home to their families and friends,” she said. “And in Australia, the ocean awaits.”
Prosecutors identified three people as potential suspects, two of whom were arrested with methamphetamine. One of them, a woman, was holding one of the victims’ cell phones when she was arrested. Prosecutors said the two were being held on drug charges but remained suspects in the murder case.
A third man was arrested on charges amounting to kidnapping, but that was before the body was discovered. It’s unclear when or if he will face further charges.
A third man is believed to have been directly involved in the killing. In accordance with Mexican law, prosecutors identified him by his first name, Jesús Gerardo, also known as “El Quecas” (slang for quesadilla, or cheese-filled tortilla).
He has a criminal history that includes drug dealing, vehicle theft and domestic violence, and authorities said they believe more people are involved.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a radio station in Perth, Western Australia, the Robinson family’s hometown, that all parents were saddened by the loss of their loved ones.
“I think the whole nation is mourning the parents of Callum and Jake Robinson. Losing a son or daughter is every parent’s worst nightmare. The loss of these two brothers is truly… It’s a terrible thing and I would like to offer my sincere condolences and condolences and I think the whole country feels for the parents and other family and friends of this wonderful young Australian,” Ms Albanese told Perth Radio 6PR. told.
Albanese said her only child, Nathan Albanese, recalled a trip to a music festival in Spain last year when he was 22 years old.
“I’m worried, but I also think it’s part of Australia’s right of passage to backpack and meet people, and it’s part of growing as a person, so I want to encourage them. ,” Albanese said.
In 2015, two australian surfersAdam Coleman and Dean Lucas were killed in western Sinaloa state, across the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) from the Baja Peninsula. Authorities said they were victims of a highway robbery. Three suspects were arrested in that case.
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