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Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders

File, Aug 16, 2007: Ensenada skyline; the city where the trial was held · not from the case
Photo: matt.h.wade · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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
Three men get 158 years each for Baja surfer murders
Where
North America
When
2026-10-16
Source
ABC News
Credit
Photo: matt.h.wade · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
License
CC BY-SA 2.0
Details
File photo, not the event

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

Sources and credit

  1. ABC News
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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