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Mexican Woman Gets 20-Year Sentence in Baja Surfer Case After Plea to Violent Robbery

Prosecutors say she instigated the robbery that preceded the killings of three foreign surfers.

Overview

  • Ary Gisell Silva Raya pleaded guilty in an abbreviated proceeding to robbery with violence and vehicle robbery tied to the April 2024 attack near Punta San José.
  • A local judge ordered Silva Raya to pay 54,285 pesos in reparations to the victims’ families.
  • State authorities say she approached the surfers on April 27 and urged a companion to take their belongings, and investigators later found a victim’s cellphone among her possessions.
  • The victims—Australian brothers Callum Ryan Robinson and Jake Martin Robinson and American Carter Redd Rhoad—were assaulted, killed, and buried in a pit, with forensic findings indicating gunshot wounds to the head.
  • Three male suspects, including Jesús Gerardo García, known as “El Kekas,” remain detained and face homicide proceedings in Baja California.