Investigators in Mexico believe the discovered corpses are likely to be those of the missing surfers.
At a news briefing, the State's Attorney General, Maria Elena Andrade, disclosed the results of a forensic examination. The victims had been shot in the head, and it's likely that their remains belonged to Jack Carter Rhoad (American) and Jake and Callum Robinson (Australian), three friends who vanished during their surfing and camping trip close to the town Ensenada, south of Tijuana at a distance of 60 miles from the border city.
Andrade stated that the families are undergoing the identification process, and the likelihood is that the three bodies are the ones of the missing surfers. She added that the forensic evidence suggests murder, but the official identification remains pending. The surfers' family members visited Tijuana on Saturday and planned to view the bodies on Sunday afternoon.
Andrade estimated that the identification process would be completed in a few hours. On Friday, the Attorney General's office announced the arrest of three Mexican nationals, initially questioned in connection to the case, on kidnapping charges.
Two security insiders and a member of a group specializing in finding missing persons confirmed that the corpses were discovered on a cliff to the south of Ensenada municipality. A local police source informed CNN of the discovery of a burned-out pickup truck, belonging to the missing men, around 40 miles (65 kilometers) from where the bodies were found.
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Andrade expressed hope that the identification process would also confirm the involvement of the Americas in this tragic incident, as one of the missing surfers was from America. The discovery of the burned-out pickup truck near the location of the bodies further emphasizes the likelihood of this being a cross-border incident, involving the Americas.
Source: edition.cnn.com
