Written by Lizbeth Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Three bodies found in the Mexican state of Baja California are likely those of Americans and two Australian tourists who went missing last week, a senior official from the Mexican state of Baja California said on Saturday.
Mexican authorities are conducting forensic tests after the bodies were found on Friday in a well after days of searching for Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, as well as American Carter Rudd, 30.
The three were on a surfing vacation near the popular tourist town of Ensenada, about 90 minutes south of the US-Mexico border on the Pacific coast.
Baja California State Attorney Maria Elena Andrade said: “The three bodies have characteristics that make us assume with a high degree of probability that they are those of the American Carter Rudd, as well as the Robinson brothers from Australia.”
Andrade said that although the three bodies were found in an advanced state of decomposition at the bottom of a well more than 15 meters deep, “some physical descriptions give us this high probability.”
Andrade added that a fourth body was discovered in the well, although that body had been there longer and was not believed to be connected to this case.