A hidden detail has been revealed as to how police tracked down three suspects believed to be linked to the murders of three surfers, including two Australian brothers, in Mexico.
Family members have identified the bodies of three men recovered during a search for two Australian brothers and an American tourist.
Callum and Jake Robinson along with their friend Carter Rhoad were confirmed dead on Monday morning, after bodies were found in a remote part of the northern state of Baja California on Friday.
Authorities believe the group were shot in the head in a robbery gone wrong.
Police on Saturday night arrested three Mexican nationals after the bodies were found.
CRN Noticals journalist Tashiro Maleikum joined Sky News Australia to discuss the latest update on the tragic incident.
Perth brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, were killed while on a surfing trip in the Mexican state of Baja California.
Their bodies were found at the bottom of a 10 to 15 metre unused well after they had been camping on a clifftop near the popular surfing beach of Punta San Jose in the Ensenada region.
According to initial inquiries, the surfers were killed execution-style in an armed robbery when they tried to fight back against their truck being stolen.
A new detail has emerged into how police tracked down the suspects believed to be linked to the deaths of Australian brothers Jake (left) and Callum (right) Robinson in Mexico. Picture: Facebook
Police managed to track down three suspects in their investigation, with a new detail emerging as to how they were found.
Ari Gisel, 23, was pulled over for a routine traffic stop by police in Ensenada, before she threw a 100 gram bag of meth on the ground and tried to flee the vehicle.
Officers inspected the car, finding an iPhone that belonged to Mr Rhoad while the woman was also later charged with possession of narcotics.
It had initially been reported the woman was tracked down when Mr Rhoad’s phone was turned on, causing it to ping a nearby cell tower.
Ari Gisel, 23, was pulled over for a routine traffic stop by police in Ensenada, before she threw a 100 gram bag of meth on the ground and tried to flee the vehicle. Police then checked her vehicle and found a phone belonging to American man Jack Carter Rhoad. Picture: Supplied
The Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organisation known to have control over the Ensenada region also made a claim to US publication Daily Beast they were responsible for how the alleged criminals were taken into police custody.
“They were low-level robbers acting alone. But we handed them over,” a member of the cartel said.
“We learned that the cops were looking for the gringos and also began looking for those who were responsible. We called the authorities to let them know where to find them.”
Two other Mexican nationals were arrested along with Gisel, after she turned her then-partner Jesus Gerardo Garcia Cota and his brother Cristian Alejandro in to authorities.
The parents of Jake and Callum Robinson, the two Australian brothers who were murdered alongside their American friend, have broken their silence this morning.
The ring leader of the Mexican nationals behind the murder of the brothers Jesus Gerardo Garica Cota, also known as El Kekas, will have a hearing on Thursday in Mexico, and during the hearing, it is very likely the charges will be upgraded to murder.
“I would just like to start with some important thank yous,” Martin Robinson said in a public statement.
“Particularly those friends and family of ours in Australia and the US who have sent us overwhelming support and wishes.
“We’d like to acknowledge that they have been a massive support to us over the last few days.”
After she was detained, Gisel told a court that Garcia Cota, known by the alias ‘El Kekas’, confessed to her when he came home that he “f***ed up three gringos”.
The court then heard she was shown the new tyres on her car which had allegedly been stolen from the white ute the Australian brothers were using.
The heartbroken parents of the Robinson brothers said “the world has become a darker place for us” after they identified the bodies found were that of their sons.
A GoFundMe fundraiser for the Robinson family has reached close to $350,000 USD ($525,000 AUD) in just more than three weeks.