The murder of three surfers in Mexico is “eerily similar” to the murder of a couple in San Diego, Mexico, four years ago, a private investigator has said.
J Arms III, who specializes in kidnappings in Mexico and handles cases all over the world, takes Ian Hirsch, a couple in their 70s who have lived for many years in a vacation home in the small beach town of El Socorito in Baja California. I immediately thought of Thorne and Kathy Harvey. .
Their bodies were dumped in a well, similar to those of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and American brother Jack Carter Lord, who were killed in a carjacking near Ensenada, Baja California, over the weekend. It was done.
“They (the suspects) didn’t want the truck, they wanted the tires,” Armes said. “They burned the truck. It shows how little value is given to life in remote areas of Mexico. Anyone can be killed for any reason.”
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Jack Carter Lord, who was killed in a carjacking in Mexico, was scheduled to marry Natalie Weirtz this summer. (GoFundMe)
A San Diego couple was killed during a home invasion by a man who stole their bedding and believed the robber thought the house was vacant, according to a 2021 statement from the Baja California Attorney General’s Office.
Mexican prosecutors said at the time that he was likely surprised when he encountered Hirschsohn and Harvey, then stabbed them and abandoned their bodies.
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Hirschsohn’s daughter Eva Setzer said they were eventually found in a well “in the middle of nowhere.” san diego union tribune In an article from January 2021.
Armes believes Mexican authorities had this incident in mind because the search for the missing surfer also included wells in areas along the country’s northwest coast.
Australian brothers Callum Robinson (left) and Jake Robinson. (Reuters)
Mexican authorities said all three victims were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a 50-foot-high well.
A fourth unrelated victim, a woman whose name has not been released, was found along with victims in the United States and Australia. Prosecutors have not ruled out the possibility that the same suspect killed her.
“I don’t want to take anything away from the good work of the police, but I think the idea to investigate the well came from that incident,” Arms told Fox News Digital. “At least they used their brains and made an effort to look for it. The extra body that was found was probably their other victim.”
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Lord was murdered just three months before he and his girlfriend, Natalie Weirtz, were to wed in August. Their marriage information was posted on Zola, but it has now been deleted.
“Following the heartbreaking deaths of Carter Lord, Callum Robinson and Jake Robinson, our hearts break with their families, friends and communities,” said Rose and Wiers. His “close friend” Aubrey Byers said in a GoFundMe post.
“Their presence brought immense joy, love and kindness to those around them and left a mark on our lives.”
The truck used by the three was found burnt. (PR image via Reuters Connect)
Armes said Mexico has many beautiful tourist attractions, but many destinations are either battlegrounds for brutal violent cartels or remote areas where people “just disappear.”
“And most of them are never discovered,” Arms said.
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Armes said the surfers went missing last weekend and were found within days, an almost unprecedented situation in Mexico.
Three suspects have been identified, two of whom are being held on drug charges after police say they were found in possession of methamphetamine.
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The dead surfer’s body was discovered too quickly, sparking an outcry from local residents and loved ones of tens of thousands of missing people.
According to media reports, the Mexican government reported in March that around 100,000 people were missing. new york times, However, the United Nations believes this is significantly lower than the actual total.
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Adriana Jaén told the Times: “Except in high-profile cases like this, it’s very difficult for authorities to immediately launch a search.”
Jaén, a Mexico-based sociologist who helps families who have lost loved ones, said cases like the missing surfer are essentially salt in the wound.
“The message we get as we work on these issues is that some lives matter and some lives don’t,” she said.
Local residents march to protest the disappearance of foreign surfers in Ensenada, Mexico, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Karen Castaneda)
According to Mexican authorities, two male suspects were arrested with methamphetamine charges and the case is pending. A woman who is one of the suspect’s girlfriends is also a person of interest.
She allegedly sold out her boyfriend, Jesús Gerardo García Cota, in court on Wednesday, the BBC reported.
She said Garcia Cota showed up at her home on April 28 and told her he had killed three gringos, a slang term for English-speaking foreigners.
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