One of the suspects believed to have been involved in the murders of two Australian brothers and an American citizen on a surfing trip in Mexico has allegedly admitted to his girlfriend that he killed all three men, she said. .
During Wednesday’s court hearing, the BBC reported that Ali Gisele, the girlfriend of murder suspect Jesús Gerardo García Cota, showed up at his home on April 28 and allegedly did something to “three gringos.” I told him that I told him. Gringo is a slang term for a foreigner who speaks English.
When she asked what she meant, Giselle said Garcia Cota said, “I killed them.”
In accordance with Mexican law, prosecutors identified his first name as Jesús Gerardo and his alias as “El Quecas” (slang for “quesadilla” or cheese tortilla).
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Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson (top left) and American national Jack Carter Lord (right). (Reuters)
After Garcia-Cota admitted to the crime, he reportedly took Gisele outside to show her his car, which had tires allegedly stolen from the victim’s truck. Gisele explained in court.
Mexican authorities believe all the surfers were killed by targeting the truck’s tires.
Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and Jack Carter Lord, an American, were reported missing last weekend while camping and surfing along the coast south of Ensenada. became.
Chief state prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez speculated that the killers were driving by and saw a foreigner’s pickup truck and tent and wanted to steal the tires.But when [the foreigners] We approached and grabbed them, and sure enough they resisted. ”
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Local residents march to protest the disappearance of foreign surfers in Ensenada, Mexico, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Karen Castaneda)
The thieves then went to what she described as a “very difficult to access location” and allegedly dumped the body in a familiar well. A fourth body was also found inside the well.
Ramirez said investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the same suspect also dumped the first body in the well as part of a previous crime.
All three bodies had gunshot wounds to the head, Reuters reported, citing officials at the attorney general’s office.
The Robinson brothers’ mother paid a touching tribute to her sons on a San Diego beach Tuesday.
“Our hearts have been broken and the world has become a dark place for us,” Debra Robinson said as she fought back tears. She said: “They were young people who were enjoying their passion for surfing together.”
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In this image taken from video, Australia’s Debra Robinson and her husband Martin speak to media at a San Diego beach after their two sons died during a surfing trip in Mexico on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. is giving a speech. Her sons Callum and Jake, and their American friend Jack Carter Lord, were allegedly killed in a carjacking in Baja California, across the border from San Diego, around April 28th or 29th. . (Channel 9/Pool via AP)
In her speech, Robinson said her son Jake loved surfing and loved working as a doctor at a hospital near the beach.
“Jake’s passion was surfing, and it was no coincidence that many of the hospitals he worked at were near surfing beaches,” she said. “In their memory, live bigger, shine brighter, love stronger,” she said.
García Cota will be charged with “disappearance by private person” and later charged with murder, the BBC reported.
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Prosecutors added that they are continuing to gather evidence to indict two other suspects who are still in custody on charges of possession of methamphetamine.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
