A fourth body has been discovered in a 50-foot deep well in Baja California, Mexico where an American and two Australian surfers were found dead, authorities revealed.
Meanwhile, one of the three suspects taken into custody by Mexican authorities reportedly had one of the tourists’ phone on her when she was arrested — and all three allegedly had drugs on them.
Mexican officials have not officially confirmed that that the three bodies found in a well hole last week are Georgia resident Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, and Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30.
But two news outlets, Border Report and FOX 5 San Diego, citing a source in the Baja California Attorney General’s office, say the dead bodies are those of the three missing surfers.
They were believed to have been camping out at a popular surf spot known as La Bocana in the beautiful Mexican countryside — about 50 miles south of San Diego, when they were reported missing last Saturday.
Police later arrested Jesús Gerardo Garcia Cota, alias El Kekas, his partner Ari Gisel García Cota, and Jesus’ brother Cristian Alejandro Garcia.
All had methamphetamine and other illegal narcotics on them at the time of their arrest, according to local news blogs Talk Baja and Zeta Tijuana.
Ari Gisel Garcia Cota, 23, was allegedly nabbed with one of the surfer’s phones as well as the drugs.
The fourth body was identified as a ranch owner who was reported missing two weeks ago, officials said. He owned the property where the bodies were found, the attorney general said.
The trio were on a surfing vacation in the port city of Ensenada, just 80 miles south of San Diego, a trip they were documenting on social media until last Saturday, when the posts mysteriously stopped and they failed to arrive at an Airbnb.
Stevenson University in Baltimore issued a statement mourning the death of Callum Robinson, who graduated in 2015 and was a star lacrosse player at the school and then played for the Premier Lacrosse League.
