Mexico Murder

Sky News and 5 reported that three men had been found guilty of murdering two Australian brothers, Callum and Jake Robinson, and their American friend during a surfing trip in Mexico. Both channels placed the killings in 2024. Sky News named the American friend as Carter Rhoad, while 5 named him as Jack Carter Rhoad. Sky News said the victims were on a surfing holiday in Baja California, near the tourist town of Encinitas, when three Mexican men approached them in an attempt to take their pickup truck. Sky News described the incident as a botched or failed robbery in which the three young men were killed, with gunshot wounds to the head. It said their bodies were found eight days later down a well shaft and that the pickup truck was burned and buried. Sky News reported that the trial had been underway for about a month, that the parents of the two Australian men travelled to Mexico for the case and spoke outside court, and that sentencing was due next week. It also reported that the girlfriend of one of the accused had received a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the robbery and had said the three young men handed over their keys and wallets and begged for their lives. 5 reported that the parents of the two Australian brothers had spoken publicly after the guilty verdicts, and said the victims were shot in an apartment botched robbery in a secluded beach area in 2024, with their bodies later found in a well.

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Three men were found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad during a 2024 surfing trip in Baja California.
The victims were named Callum and Jake Robinson, two Australian brothers, and Carter Rhoad, their American friend.		Reported by Sky News
The victims were shot, with reports specifying gunshot wounds to the head.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
The victims' bodies were found down a well, with some reports saying eight days later.		Reported by Sky News
The parents of the two Australian victims travelled to Mexico for the case and spoke outside court about their loss.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
Only on one channel
The victims were shot in the head, their bodies were found eight days later in a well shaft, and their pickup truck was burned and buried.	Not reported by Channel 5
Sentencing in the case is due next week, and the girlfriend of one accused man received a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the robbery.	Not reported by Channel 5
The victims were on a surfing holiday near the tourist town of Encinitas.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
Three Mexican men approached the victims in an attempt to steal their pickup truck during a botched robbery.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
The victims' pickup truck was burned and buried.	Not reported by Channel 5
The trial had been underway for about a month.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
A parent of the victims said the accused had murdered before and hoped the verdict would bring peace to other families.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
Sentencing was due to take place the following week.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News
The girlfriend of one of the accused received a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the robbery.	Not reported by Channel 5
The girlfriend of one of the accused said the victims handed over their keys and wallets and begged for their lives.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by Sky News

This is a cross-channel consensus summary, not an objective account. Consensus can be uniformly wrong, or omit what only one channel covered.