A Mexican court has sentenced Ary Gisell Silva to 20 years in prison for her role in the murders of two Australian brothers and an American man at a surfing spot in Baja California in April 2024. The 23-year-old admitted to instigating the robbery that led to the killings.
The victims were Australian brothers Jake Robinson, 30, and Callum Robinson, 33, and Jack Carter Rhoad, a 30-year-old US citizen. They were camping in a remote beachside area when they were killed, reportedly in an attempt to steal their pickup truck.
According to evidence presented by prosecutors, Silva told her accomplices, “They have good phones and good tires,” referring to the victims’ belongings. She was found guilty of violent robbery, while the three other suspects, including her boyfriend, face separate murder charges.
The surfers were reported missing on 27 April 2024 after travelling from the United States to surf in Ensenada. Prosecutors said the assailants surprised the victims and shot them with firearms on 28 April. The case sparked widespread outrage in Australia and the US, with intense media and social media campaigns to find the missing men.
This incident is not the first involving foreign tourists in the region. In November 2015, Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman were murdered and their bodies burned in the state of Sinaloa.
