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News card: Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders. File photo from August 16, 2007, by matt.h.wade, CC BY-SA 2.0: hazy skyline of Ensenada, Baja California, with a tall pink hotel tower, a harbor channel lined with palm trees and hills of houses behind; not from the case. Key facts: in April 2024 Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and US friend Carter Rhoad were killed on a Baja surfing trip; on October 9, 2026 three men were convicted of aggravated homicide in a judge-only trial; on October 16 each was sentenced to 158 years and 9 months, and the defence plans to appeal. Sources: ABC News, BBC, AP. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-mx-surfers-sentenced. @exeindex.
File, Aug 16, 2007: Ensenada skyline by matt.h.wade, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons, labeled as the trial city and not from the case · CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 2.0 EXE Index (share-alike from photo)

On Oct 16, 2026, Judge Raúl Hernández Arellano in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months each for the April 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and US friend Carter Rhoad, the Baja surfers killed on a surfing trip, ABC News, BBC and AP report. Jesús Gerardo ("El Kekas"), Irineo Francisco and Ángel Jesús were convicted of aggravated homicide in a judge-only trial on Oct 9 (the verdict was last week, per BBC). Full surnames are withheld for legal reasons. The bodies were found in a well (BBC). The defence plans to appeal within 10 days (ABC News).

What
News card: Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders
Where
North America
When
2026-10-16
Source
ABC News
Credit
File, Aug 16, 2007: Ensenada skyline by matt.h.wade, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons, labeled as the trial city and not from the case
License
CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY-SA 2.0 EXE Index (share-alike from photo)
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North America, Mexico (MX) / Australia (AU) / United States (US)

crimeMexico (MX) / Australia (AU) / United States (US)North America

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  1. ABC News
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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