{"id":6739,"date":"2024-05-03T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6739"},"modified":"2024-05-03T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:54:23","slug":"authorities-find-evidence-while-searching-for-missing-australian-american-surfers-in-mexican-region-plagued-by-cartel-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6739","title":{"rendered":"Authorities find &#8220;evidence&#8221; while searching for missing Australian, American surfers in Mexican region plagued by cartel violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexican authorities said Thursday they have found tents and questioned three people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend in the Pacific coast state of Baja California, a popular tourist destination that is also plagued by cartel violence.<\/p>\n<p>Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend have not been seen since April 27, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda Elena Andrade Ram\u00edrez, the state&#8217;s chief prosecutor, would not say whether the three people questioned were considered possible suspects or witnesses in the case. She said only that some were tied directly to the case, and others indirectly.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>But Andrade Ram\u00edrez said evidence found along with the abandoned tents was somehow linked to the three. The three foreigners were believed to have been surfing and camping along the Baja coast near the coastal city of Ensenada, but did not show up at their planned accommodations over the weekend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Mexico Missing Foreigners \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/03\/d3cf4c5f-c70d-43a1-8f14-e169fa0b19ec\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8f81f74e2081e99757c1eb8ac5743039\/ap24124104388270.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/03\/d3cf4c5f-c70d-43a1-8f14-e169fa0b19ec\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/413e52dfabfc1eb7654195fcc372d3e8\/ap24124104388270.jpg?v=1d6c78a71b7b6252b543a329b3a5744d 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">In this image made from video, Mexican security forces frisk men at a checkpoint in Ensenada, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Mexican authorities said Thursday they have found tents and questioned a few people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;A working team (of investigators) is at the site where they were last seen, where tents and other evidence was found that could be linked to these three people we have under investigation,&#8221; Andrade Ram\u00edrez said. &#8220;There is a lot of important information that we can&#8217;t make public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know what condition they are in,&#8221; she added. While drug cartels are active in the area, she said &#8220;all lines of investigation are open at this time. We cannot rule anything out until we find them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the missing Australians&#8217; mother, Debra Robinson, posted on a local community Facebook page an appeal for helping in finding her sons. Robinson said her son had not been heard from since Saturday April 27. They had booked accommodations in the nearby city of Rosarito, Baja California.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson said one of her sons, Callum, is diabetic. She also mentioned that the American who was with them was named Jack Carter Rhoad, but the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City did not immediately confirm that. The U.S. State Department said it was aware of reports a U.S. citizen missing in Baja, but gave no further details.<\/p>\n<p>Andrade Ram\u00edrez said her office was in contact with Australian and U.S. officials. But she suggested that the time that had passed might make it harder to find them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t until the last few days that they were reported missing. So, that meant that important hours or time was lost,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was being coordinated with the FBI and the Australian and U.S. consulates, the prosecutor&#8217;s office added.<\/p>\n<p>Baja California, known for its inviting beaches, is also one of Mexico&#8217;s most violent states thanks to organized crime groups.<\/p>\n<p>In December, cartel leaders went on a <span class=\"link\">killing rampage<\/span> to hunt down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment in Tijuana, which is located in Baja California.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, two Australian surfers, <span class=\"link\">Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas<\/span>, were killed in western Sinaloa state, across the Gulf of California &#8211; also known as the Sea of Cortez- from the Baja peninsula. Authorities say they were victims of highway bandits. 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