Mexican authorities on Sunday confirmed the American and two Australian tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last week are dead after their bodies were identified by their parents.The bodies of Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, as well as Carter Rhoad, 30, were found at the bottom of a well in Baja California state earlier this week after a days-long search.The three foreigners went missing while on a vacation surfing near the popular tourist town of Ensenada, about 90 minutes south of the US-Mexico border on the Pacific coast.
Three people have so far been arrested, officials say. A burnt-out vehicle believed to have been used by the three surfers was also found in the area.
Mexican authorities’ preliminary hypothesis is that the arrested individuals attempted to carjack the foreigners and when the surfers resisted they were shot and their bodies dumped in a well.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Should the tragedy of these surfers influence how we view and approach international travel and adventure sports?
@9M7CYXQ2wks2W
Yes it should because it is not always safe to travel to out of the country
@9M7CR2B2wks2W
It all had to do with gun control. The surfers were having fun doing something they loved and they were killed because of how easily it was to do so. No one would be able to swim out there and stab them unsuspectingly. But a gun can do just that.
@9M5FNF6 2wks2W
It's important to recognize that such incidents are rare, they do remind us of the potential risks involved in international travel and adventure activities.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
What responsibility does a government have to protect tourists within its borders?
@9M7CZFP2wks2W
Protecting our borders from the illegal movement of weapons, drugs, contraband, and people, while promoting lawful trade and travel, is essential to protecting the people.
@9M7CR2B2wks2W
it's not the government job to just protect tourists, the people traveling made that decision to go there. The government's job is to make sure they have laws in place to protect people from anything that can harm them. citizen or tourists.
@9M7WLXX2wks2W
For the love of GOD people. Don’t go near Mexico😢😢
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
How would you feel about traveling to a foreign country, knowing such risks exist?
@9M7DM5Q2wks2W
it would be nice if the person who wrote had some common sense on how to write
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