Overview
- The three defendants were sentenced on Friday, October 16, 2026, to 158 years and nine months each after a local court found them guilty of homicide, robbery with violence and vehicle robbery with violence.
- Prosecutors said the attackers meant to steal parts from the victims' truck and opened fire when the campers resisted; the three bodies were later found in a pit with gunshot wounds.
- The judge ordered reparations totaling about 1,628,550 pesos for the families plus 19,542 pesos for funeral expenses and left claims for recovered property to the execution phase of the sentence.
- A fourth suspect, Ary Gisell Silva Raya, previously accepted a plea and was sentenced in November 2024 to 20 years for robbery-related charges after being found with a victim's phone.
- The case has drawn international attention, the victims' relatives joined court sessions by videoconference, and local surf and tourism groups say the killings have hurt visitor numbers to the Ensenada area.