Overview

• Mexican authorities have charged Jesús Gerardo, Ari Gisell, Ángel Jesús and Irineo Francisco with aggravated homicide, violent robbery, grand theft auto and forced disappearance over the April 2024 killings.
• Prosecutor Miguel Ángel Gaxiola Rodríguez says there is no evidence of cartel links and contends the motive was to steal tyres from the surfers’ pick-up truck.
• Investigators report each victim was shot once in the head before their bodies were dumped in a 15-metre-deep well, and the recovered vehicle serves as central forensic evidence.
• Court testimony allegedly includes a confession by Jesús Gerardo to his then-partner admitting responsibility for the deaths of the two Robinson brothers and their friend.
• The four defendants are due to appear before Baja California State Court in Ensenada on July 17 for dual hearings on homicide, robbery and forced disappearance charges.