(5 May 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Santo Tomás, Mexico – 3 May 2024
1. Coast behind crime scene yellow tape
2. Mexican navy soldiers guarding site
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3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Elena Andrade Ramírez, chief state prosecutor:
"The support of the three levels of governments were sought to work the zone and to establish parameters, since it’s a hard-to-access zone and finally we were able to, after several hours of work, nearly two hours of work, extract the bodies, one by one."
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ARCHIVE: Santo Tomás, Mexico – 3 May 2024
4. Pan of search area
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5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Elena Andrade Ramírez, chief state prosecutor:
"It appears there is evidence which meant they could be physically identified, that’s to say, visually. If they, at this moment, make that identification, we would ++inaudible++ the DNA or genetic results."
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ARCHIVE: Santo Tomás, Mexico – 3 May 2024
6. Various of investigators at search area
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7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Elena Andrade Ramírez, chief state prosecutor:
"They approached three people for investigation to provide information related to the investigation, two of them are already in custody for possession of amphetamines, being a male and a female.
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ARCHIVE: Santo Tomás, Mexico – 3 May 2024
8. Various of search area
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9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Elena Andrade Ramírez, chief state prosecutor:
"It was not an attack as tourists, it was with the intention of stealing a vehicle, surely they did not know the origin of these people."
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ARCHIVE: Santo Tomás, Mexico – 3 May 2024
10. Various of soldiers guarding search area
STORYLINE:
Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday.
While there has not yet been confirmation based on forensic examination, physical characteristics — including hair and clothing — means there is a high likelihood that the bodies are those of the three tourists, local TV network Milenio reported, citing chief state prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez.
The bodies were found in a well where investigators also found another body that authorities said would be investigated.
The site where the bodies were discovered near the township of Santo Tomás was near the remote seaside area where the missing men’s tents and truck were found Thursday along the coast.
The men — identified by family members as brothers Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and American Jack Carter Rhoad — went missing Saturday. They did not show up at their planned accommodations over the weekend.
The U.S. State Department said: “We are aware of those reports (of bodies) and are closely monitoring the situation. At this time we have no further comment.”
Andrade Ramírez, the chief state prosecutor, said evidence found along with the abandoned tents was linked to the three people being questioned about the missing foreigners.
Milenio reported that she said the suspects appeared to have stolen the surfers’ truck and some of its parts were found in another truck belonging to one of the suspects.
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