Three men sentenced to 158 years each in surfers’ killings

A judge in Ensenada sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the 2024 killings of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend, Carter Rhoad. The sentences followed guilty verdicts delivered a week earlier. The court imposed the terms on Jesús Gerardo García, known as el Kekas, Irineo Francisco N and Ángel Jesús N. The convictions and sentences cover murder, robbery with violence and vehicle theft with violence, according to reports of the ruling. The victims’ bodies were found in May 2024 after the men went on a surfing trip to Baja California. The killings took place near Ensenada, where the three had traveled to surf and camp. Prosecutors said the attackers later left the bodies in a well. State prosecutor María Elena Andrade said the assailants sought to steal tires from the visitors’ pickup truck and killed them after they resisted. That account was presented by the prosecution; the sentencing reports do not provide further detail about the judge’s findings on the sequence of events. At least four people were arrested in connection with the case, including the three men sentenced. García’s former partner, Ary Gisell...