Mexican authorities search for missing Australian, US tourists

3/5/2024 12:29

        Mexican authorities said on Thursday they were searching at sea and on land for two Australians and one American reported missing in Baja California, one of the country's most violent states.
        
        According to Baja California's prosecutors' office, Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad were reported missing on April 29, and were last seen on April 27.
        
        The three were on vacation surfing in the municipality of Ensenada, about an hour and a half south of the U.S.-Mexico border.
        
        Jorge Argoud, operational deputy director of security in Ensenada, "Since the disappearance was reported, the operation has been ongoing, and so far, a cell phone apparently belonging to one of the missing persons and a vehicle have been recovered."
        
        State prosecutor Socorro Ibarra said three people are being investigated in regards to the case, though it remained unclear whether they were involved in the disappearance of the men.
        
        Tents were found in the area the missing men were last seen, said Ibarra, adding that they were formally reported missing days after their actual disappearance.