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Mexican men found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson

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Koziol, M., & Martinez, G. (2026, October 9). Mexican men found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/mexican-men-found-guilty-of-murdering-australian-brothers-jake-and-callum-robinson-20261010-p614cg.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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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 by AI on 2026-10-09, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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A Mexican judge found three men guilty of murdering two Australian brothers, Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their American friend Carter Rhoad, 30, during a surfing trip in Baja California state in April 2024. The accused—Jesus Gerardo (also known as "El Kekas"), Irineo Francisco, and Angel Jesús—are charged with aggravated homicide, robbery, and violent vehicle theft. The parents of the victims, Martin and Debra Robinson, attended every day of the five-week trial in Ensenada, Mexico's Pacific Coast, where they made emotional pleas for justice and maximum sentences. The verdict was handed down on Friday, local time, concluding a case that sparked significant international concern over tourist safety in Mexico.

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Topics

American Australian Ensenada Mexican Mexico

Subjects

Mexico GPE · 3× Ensenada GPE · 2× Jake PERSON · 2× American NORP · 1× Australian NORP · 1× Australians NORP · 1× Baja California GPE · 1× Callum Robinson PERSON · 1× Carter Rhoad PERSON · 1× Mexican NORP · 1×

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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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2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Mexican men found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson · assertive framing

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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. asserted

men → find → 2024

The parents of the two Australians, Debra and Martin Robinson, held hands as judge Raúl Hernández Arellano delivered his verdict. asserted

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. asserted

They → attend → days

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. asserted

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. asserted

they → disappear → trafficking

Their bodies, along with that of a local farmer, were found days later down the bottom of a well. asserted

bodies → find → well

They had been shot. asserted

They → shoot → ?

The prosecution successfully argued that the three tourists were victims of a robbery that went awry. asserted

that → argue → robbery

The court heard the victims begged for mercy before they were murdered, and that the killers later mocked their pleas. asserted

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. asserted

he → start → Australia

Callum, 32, was a talented sportsman who had played lacrosse professionally in the US. asserted

who → play → US

He was living in San Diego at the time. asserted

He → live → time