Bodies of three missing surfers found in Baja California

The bodies of three missing surfers, including a man reportedly from San Diego, have been found, according to Mexican authorities. The Baja California Attorney General’s Office confirmed Friday morning that the bodies were located in La Bocana, about 130 miles south of San Diego.
The three surfers were reported missing through social media posts earlier this week, with Baja California authorities officially announcing their disappearance in a press release Thursday.
The surfers were a San Diego man, Jack Carter Rhoad, and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, according to a report in The San Diego Union-Tribune. The newspaper reported the three men didn't check into their Airbnb in Rosarito following a surfing trip south of Ensenada.
KTLA's Sandra Mitchell reports on May 3, 2024.
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[@Sam-uf4zp]

Can’t understand why people are visiting Mexico anyway.

[@user-uj5ly1eq5n]

Fr and there’s people that claim that they have a better life in Mexico than the US

[@mrpieceofwork]

I would go down there in an instant, only I cannot get a passport, nor a ride. The media here makes MX out to be some kind of hot, dusty hellhole, from which there is no escape, which it most certainly is not. Most of MX is totally safe to visit, and even live in. There are places here in the states where one could meet the very same end as these poor guys, it's just the locales that would be different. As well, this crime smacks of one of pure opportunity, and anyone here in the states as desperate as the perps in this case would no doubt commit the same heinous act. There's also that massive bag of blow... what does that have to do with the surfers' murders? Hmmm...

[@mikemondano3624]

It's a beautiful country with very friendly people.

[@phatplates]

​@@mikemondano3624yep, these guys met some of those "friendly" people

[@TheBostricano]

​@@mrpieceofworkmy family is Mexican MEXICO IS PRETTY BUT ITS A HELL HOLE FOR LOCALS AND TOURIST ALIKE DONT SUGAR COAT THE TRUTH

[@user-sz3nn1vv1z]

I am Mexican, USA naturalized, I am embarrassed of Mexico i haven't go back in 25 years... What an embarrassment! RIP the young men..and to those that remotely think of visiting Mexico please reconsider, dont spend one red penny in Mexico. 😡

[@wilhelminavanderhorn]

Thank you for your honesty.

[@karendowney2888]

This is so horrible, but just like in nazi maga America, I cannot believe that they are ALL bad. 😮

[@pizzaman6784]

I'm half Mexican, and have never been to Mexico, and never want to. It probably would've been better if Spain kept control of Mexico ultimately.

[@nathancremins2961]

Border jumping 25 yrs ago

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

Well said Sir

[@johnnyr2646]

Cartels and the Mexican government are the same thing....

[@mypronounismaster4450]

don't forget the US government in there...

[@tired7140]

🎯💯

[@tired7140]

@@mypronounismaster4450 No just Sleepy Joe and his 10% of all Fentanyl sales. Obiden and his family will be very rich when he retires.

[@MF-qf7bs]

Mexico, coming to America soon.

[@diegoflores9237]

I guess you missed the part where the cia was trafficking drugs into US urban areas and was trafficking drugs from central America

[@ovedfranco7664]

Don’t expect true help from Mexican authorities they are all in it.

[@BonezTwisted]

I was about to say the same

[@ThatGirl551]

OMG.

[@SlaughterSkorzenyJamesViceroy]

That's what they get for messing with cartels 🤷 they were looking for drugs as usually 😂

[@JessJoanne]

@@SlaughterSkorzenyJamesViceroy Horrible taste in comment. Their family members might see this.

[@SlaughterSkorzenyJamesViceroy]

@@JessJoanne well they'll should know that they were drug dealers I don't know whats wrong with it ? 🤔🤷 I guess they aren't sending us the best from Canada

[@ledzep3692]

I was about to travel to Mexico after visiting San Diego on a cross country road trip back in 2020, but I change my mind and made a U-turn about 100 yards from the border because I couldn't stop thinking about so many strangers from the shops I visited in San Diego warning me Not to go there. I remember the cashier and several customers at a Petsmart literally pleaded to me not to go there. I'm glad that I eventually decided to listen to them.

[@tired7140]

Very smart choice you might have dodged a bullet.

[@notoriousosc1669]

No one warned you liar 😂 thousands of citizens cross to Tijuana and back daily. I know bc I cross a lot. It’s unfortunate what happened though.

[@ledzep3692]

@@notoriousosc1669 Why would I lie about that, especially when I seriously wanted to go to Mexico to check it out and say I've been to Mexico. Please remember that just because you probably tell lies, just for the hell of it, that doesn't mean that everyone else does too.

[@AaronJ323]

Literally just almost every us city is as bad as Mexican cartel now look at Philadelphia and Baltimore I go to Mexico all the time but I don’t get involved with drug peddlers in New Hampshire or in Lazaro Cardenas Michiocan is not the danger it’s the danger you put yourself in befriending people who are in those businesses.

[@alejandromoreno5056]

working with Mexican authorities? good luck

[@carlosgil4248]

Bro I didn't mean to copy your comment honestly. Just scrolled up and saw your comment and said wait a minute. That sounds familiar 🤔

[@tired7140]

Like working with the blind.

[@bigrollinghome2091]

@@tired7140 like working with the cartels

[@Dos-dh9ul]

It dosnt matter , what's done is done , it's all about picking up the pieces now , literally

[@diegoflores9237]

The police over there already have suspects.....

[@TheBostricano]

What a shame. MEXICO IS NOT A NICE PLACE TO VISIT.

[@ruthresetar5940]

No matter what any one says!

[@tired7140]

It never was a nice place.

[@southerngal345]

Can say the same about the USA

[@thechiefwildhorse4651]

@@tired7140 Please stay in America -COMANCHE NATION

[@HalfHydenJekkel]

Not anymore

[@user-py5vo5ln8h]

The family have my sympathy, going to Mexico is not safe at this time. But whoever has done this should pay for that crime.

[@jperezlgk]

Cartels do deal with their own especially when it comes at the risk of losing tourist as part of their wealth depends on this as they own some of the resorts and enforce a tax on others. Unless these men got into it with the wrong ppl, someone will pay the price

[@Mansikkacake]

dont do drugs and do not go to third world countries.

[@carefulconsumer8682]

We drove down to Lake Chapala few years ago. Not safe even during the daytime on the roads. Too many heavily armed "bandits." Mexico today is simply too dangerous.

[@highlyfavored2434]

One of the Australian brothers was a doctor, one a famous lacrosse player and a business man. They were only there to surf very unfortunate

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

What does their mother going to Mexico achieve? Absolutely NOTHING! There are so many warnings of the very Dangerous areas which they totally ignored.

[@tpolerex7282]

I worked in an architecture firm with two Mexican nationals for several years in San Diego who commuted each day across the border and they warned me many times to never go down there - at least, not with a local and a very specific plan, which, of course, wouldn’t guarantee anything but at least gave you a fighting chance. Edit: not without a local. And, of course, RIP men, so very tragic and sad.

[@ThatGirl551]

That sounds pretty scary.

[@madnalab3901]

hey brother are you guys hiring?

[@idontno0]

Not with a local or not without a local?

[@emmettcorbin6244]

I lived in SD and was told the exact same thing...

[@im-gi2pg]

A lot of Americans rent there because it’s much cheaper, and work in San Diego.

[@1stoner3cats]

Mexico hasn't been a safe place to go for a very long time .. i will never go there !!!

[@PurpleDoritos666]

Yeah cause America is so safe with its mass shootings, school shootings, and gun violence 😂

[@KnightSoulsG]

​@@PurpleDoritos666 and the thefts 😅

[@annmariedeignan2596]

Murders don't happen in the US? I just spent two months in Mexico as a solo, female traveler; not a single problem.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@KnightSoulsGlol theft is soft n nice.

[@ScottHendrix-yz3du]

Get real! Ive been all over America and never seen anything like that. Stoooop buying into politics aimed at taking over and taking our rights. In mexico you can find piles of heads when you wake up. Stay out of Chicago and you wont see dead people here. ​@@PurpleDoritos666

[@danielflack7902]

I'm from Perth, Western Australia, and this has been a big story here. It's a sad loss for Western Australia, and all West Australians will be thinking of the family and friends who have lost 3 beautiful people.

[@pamelavasquez5531]

Exactly!! Mexico has TOO Much Crime. And a Vacation is Not worth Dying For. Such a SHAME!!! It became That.😭

[@AnnchristinaAlmazan]

❤So sorry for your loss. That poor family! Big hugs🇺🇸🇦🇺

[@fartkerson]

My wife knew them from the F45 gym where they were doing instruction work. Some people from the gym alerted us about them going missing while surfing in Mexico. Callum, one of the brothers, was diabetic so we were all worried that he wouldn't get his diabetes meds in time while lost out there. Then we found out they were dead...

[@kimberlymuldowney503]

I’m so very sorry…. It should not be like this in this world.

[@tired7140]

Dear friends in Australia: Please DO NOT TRAVEL TO MEXICO for any reason. Live a long and full life. If you want to take chances like that visit San Francisco or Oakland and walk around the streets for a while. You'd probably have a better chance at living but I'm not positive.

[@MsAlien911]

Damn sad for those parents. 2 sons. Wow. May they all find comfort in the outpouring of 🙏 and 🌹

[@johnhuber354]

And Their Friend, Jack.

[@gunwap]

My friend is from Mexico. He says you don't want to go anywhere in or near Mexico. Dangerous.

[@AFloridaSon]

Ask your friend how it can be dangerous when they have such strict gun laws there.

[@BoxerDogs]

​@AFloridaSon LOL....good point. Strict gun laws should = safety right? I'd like to fear how that works.

[@ayahuascayage]

@@AFloridaSon I can answer that for you: because the cartels run the country and law enforcement is spotty, at best. The killers will be in prison for a few years, if even that.

[@elcampestrevoraz]

Its more dangerous in USA than Mexico, and people from every country wants to go there.... 🤷‍♂️

[@95tillinfinity23]

You ain't got no mex friend , you lame 😂

[@lowandslow3939]

I traveled the world for twenty years working at sea. I will never go back to Mexico. There is way too much violence.

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

Duh it's cartel country.

[@AaronJ323]

So is most of us city’s they are just as bad so many homeless and breaking into homes and cars Americans don’t realize that Mexico has restricted it’s citizens from visiting us citys.

[@margueritemazzeo2904]

​@@cynthiagonzales9131I'm sure he knows that..duh.

[@lowandslow3939]

@@margueritemazzeo2904 Thanks, I do know that. Mexico has gotten far more violent since I was there last. I’ve been to both coasts many times as well as Mexico City, in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. It seems the cartels there are getting as bad a the cartels in South America.

[@margueritemazzeo2904]

@@lowandslow3939 I don't doubt you..I live in Phoenix..AZ and there are cartels here too now 😔

[@briannolan7818]

Living in SoCal I've heard the warnings of how dangerous it is to visit Mexico and I'm sure they heard the warnings, as well. They probably thought it will be okay, we're just going to go surf. What a terrible mistake. Let this be a warning to others that plan to visit Mexico. You're not safe anywhere in the entire country.

[@user-uj5ly1eq5n]

If you go to Yucatán or Campeche, it’s very safe. Those are the only states that are entirely safe

[@thomasgirty6397]

aLOT of places in the world you would'nt think are dangerous, ARE!!!! you really have to think" is this trip worth it"???

[@analogueoverdigital929]

Wtf you talking about 😂 I've been to Mexico like 4 times bro. Keep talking tho.

[@Whysoserious-kl5sh]

Just came back from Cancun on some sketchy stuff but very safe

[@danewoods644]

Sooo were they there to buy drugs? I know the story is "surfing" but, we're they REALLY there to buy drugs?

[@marysheffield190]

I thought anyone who lives in SoCal knows you DON’T go camping in Baja, not with their high drug crime rate. Those poor young men and their families.

[@pamelavasquez5531]

They Need To Keep Active and Current Reports To Anyone who says they are Traveling There. Don't You 🤔💬 Think??

[@tired7140]

It's been like that since the 70's with the cartels causing problems with vacationers. How can people today be so dumb? Plus it isn't that cheap to live there any more since like 50 years ago.

[@betsyj59]

This location was so close to the border (130 miles down) and the cities they went stopped at on the way (Rosarito and Ensenada) with such a long history of being extremely popular close-by tourist destinations from Southern California, it is more than believable that the two young men who lived in San Diego thought it would be OK. I wonder if the surfers were visiting the rancher on whose property the well with their bodies inside was found? The rancher was also killed and thrown down that well. The surfers were reported missing one week ago and the rancher was reported missing two weeks ago. Not clear if the rancher and surfers were killed at different times.

[@SavedByGrace10]

Exactly I thought this was common knowledge. When you get robbed in Mexico you give them everything and maybe just maybe you'll live.

[@jacquir8331]

​. You know more details than what we are seeing on the news here in Boston.

[@TheDabshear]

I keep thinking about that poor momma who lost her 2 sons… it does no good to admonish the boys for going to Mexico now. Please don’t start with the would have, could have, should have. Have some sympathy for the families.

[@youtubesucks1499]

Well, its suicide to go to Mexico. What were they thinking?

[@SavedByGrace10]

True and St Louis murder rate hovers around 200 people a year with Baltimore and New Orleans giving them some stiff competition. In many places the USA is more dangerous today than Mexico. That said its not safe to sleep on a beach in Mexico.

[@righteousone1]

I keep thinking about how much society has gained with three more drug addicts/mules off the streets.

[@95tillinfinity23]

Who gives af

[@acemacgruber6593]

A friend and I drove to Rosarita and felt lucky to get back alive.

[@coll4455]

I’m so so sorry to the families. Poor mother losing two sons like that. This is absolutely horrible and disgusting

[@user-vi2dk1qz5f]

I wouldn't go to Mexico for all the money in the world. It's too scary.

[@dragonflylkr]

I've been in Mexico for a few years. Haven't found the scary part yet. In the US you get shot for pulling into the wrong driveway by mistake.

[@lightfox11]

​@dragonflylkr cringe. Drive around in the countryside and see how long before you are kidnapped

[@user-vi2dk1qz5f]

@@lightfox11 the shame is that most the people are so amazing. It’s the drug cartels running the place. It’s so horrible. I feel bad for even the Mexicans.

[@shaunandeva32]

​@@dragonflylkrapparently in Mexico too

[@dragonflylkr]

@@lightfox11 lol! Been traveling around here alone for a few years. Mostly by bus. Haven't been kidnapped yet.

[@JRDNGIXX]

Nowadays people are hardly safe on the US soil let alone in Mexico playing in the cartels backyard. Sad what happened to them. RIP 🙏

[@migzz7976]

Proper comment without any bias retort thank you. So crazy these guys were probably just looking for good waves.

[@juneyshu6197]

We're hasitant to go out to the store!

[@jacquir8331]

But why kill them? If you want valuables then just take them but do not kill people?.

[@CharlotteD-sh1co]

Amenn

[@JRDNGIXX]

@@jacquir8331 common sense isn't so common these days..unfortunately

[@user-gg5wv6pt3i]

Never going back to Mexico. Disgraceful and disgusting. Prayers to families 🙏🕯😪🛡

[@majorlazor5058]

Avoid buying illegal drugs and getting involved with sex workers… more likely to stay alive.

[@guaporeturns9472]

The closer to the border the more dangerous it is.. get away from the border and it’s fine . The Yucatan is awesome

[@colleenclements5715]

It's been that way since before 2000

[@majorlazor5058]

Stay away from drogos while in Mexico. You’ll more likely return alive.

[@CaptainWillard830]

@@guaporeturns9472 nope, the entire country is dangerous

[@user-sz3nn1vv1z]

The Cartel! Which is allowed to operate by the Mexican government.

[@nisagomez4366]

Hmmm, I wonder who keeps the cartels in business?

[@cherylernst2343]

And armed by American weapons brought there illegally. 70% of crimes are committed with illegally imported weapons from the US.

[@thomasgirty6397]

Mexico has no government. they are just a waiting room for illeagles ,run by the cartel's. been that way for many years.

[@michellesmith4570]

Also allowed to operate in and out of the US which our current government has been allowing. If Mexico is as unsafe as Ive read, heard about etc why would allowing our Southern border especially to remain open or a free for all so not only potentially dangerous deadly Mexican immigrants and immigrants from up to 90 various countries are able to illegally cross our borders and wreak havoc in our own country?!

[@dn2817]

The cartel clearly owns the government

[@jizim8947]

I used to go down to Mexico ever since 1985 I'm 54 years old now I did business in the 1990s in Mexico I've been on vacation at least a dozen times probably closer to 20 times in Mexico. I've been on at least 10 cruises to Mexico that all being said I will not go to Mexico again until they fix their country.

[@frankyjay7907]

You talk like it’s an easy fix, open your eyes, how many murders occur every day here in the US but they don’t show it all on the news. And you think you’re safe here? Haha

[@didforlove]

I still remember it was fun now it’s so much tension chaos crime poverty overpopulation violence etc etc

[@nolafan4612]

They’re fixing it by sending their cartels here thanks to Joe.

[@deecee1055]

They did not deserve to be killed. Thats just terrible.

[@righteousone1]

Wytepeepoo love drugs.

[@alank616]

Sad ending for all involved . The idea of travelling to Mexico is a gamble with your life .

[@mordakaii3072]

Who the hell would go to mexico?

[@thomasgirty6397]

lots of overseas vacation spots are now dangerous especially if your American. you REALLY have to think" is this trip possibly worth my life???". sad but true.

[@tunamanusmc]

I’ve been to Mexico several times, I live in Southern California. I’ve driven down there and it’s an absolutely beautiful country. If you don’t look Hispanic, you definitely have a higher chance of something like this happening to you. You have to look like a local. Hopefully things will change because Mexico has a lot of stunning places to go to. It’s really sad that corruption runs rampant out there.

[@davebronco5848]

Something a small minded poor would say...

[@ghernandez2263]

Only 50 million people every year 😂

[@abraham7330]

@@tunamanusmcwhat if I’m white? No sabo but my family is Mexican

[@jizim8947]

This is so crazy I used to go down to ensenada once a month at least for business and come back to Vegas and sell at this flea market. Now I would be way too afraid to do anything like that. Sadly Mexico is on its own and that hurts my heart I truly love Mexico and its people.

[@juneyshu6197]

We used to go, it was beautiful and friendly😢

[@Whiskey61]

We should probably build some type of wall.

[@wanyekest71]

Yet they still crossed the border wall

[@mwilliamson3989]

Walls are stupid and a waste of money and don’t work. They just tunnel right underneath or go over.

[@exithere445]

To keep the gringos from visiting, living, and jacking up rent and goods? I agree..

[@kathyh4804]

The powers that be dont want that obviously This is all a plan for a take over sad to say

[@jesscaballero8808]

Make it high enough so the USA stops selling guns to the cartels

[@robinporter7000]

Sad and unfortunate situation.Bad things can happen anywhere.Mexico is not on my list of places I want to visit.

[@majorlazor5058]

Go with a tourist group that leaves and returns in the day light hours. Avoid buying drugs from strangers. Avoid getting involved with sex workers. Avoid trying to party with locals girls and guys you don’t know.

[@millygarcia1462]

Ni falta hace, piojo

[@MIMIAk1890]

Wow it's not safe to go to Mexico

[@yankee2666]

It's always been a shthole.

[@ernestinebernoudy6915]

So I've Heard,.......👀👀😖..too sad,..Condolences to. Their Love ones Families, Friends coworkers Neighbors Definitely Pets. & All Others,... I missed,...💯💯💯 💓 🙏🏿🙏🏿🕊 🌹🌻🌻🌼🌷🏵💮💐...Shalom All 🔯

[@KnightSoulsG]

Nowhere is truly safe

[@leomessi4791]

​@@yankee2666please go to Mexico I'll pay your trip

[@LaChismosa-fr5lc]

It’s not safe to go to public school in the US You might get shot and killed by a crazy

[@mylifegoodful]

I was in Mexico once, went to all-inclusive resort and my impression was never again. What I saw outside the resort was very sad, it all screamed to me DANGER! People nowadays lost their sense with reality. Many places are not safe as we think they are.

[@garylawrence7547]

I was stationed in Laredo Texas in 1964 in the Air Force and even then we were told not to go into Mexico.

[@paulvon2378]

100 times worse now

[@sammaur7120]

One is a friends ex boyfriend. So incredibly devastating, I cannot fathom the pain of losing two sons at once

[@righteousone1]

LMAO! Cope.

[@feliciar2773]

That poor mother losing two sons at one time😢

[@sharihazlett3774]

Prayers to their families. I will never go to Mexico

[@Joe-db5hz]

Mexico where the citizenry are stripped of arms and the criminals have many.

[@AFloridaSon]

👆 THIS is what people are missing. Because there arre bad people with guns all over Mexico, people seem to think they have very loose gun laws, when it's completely opposite, they have very strict gun laws and the good law abiding citizens can not fight back. Now it's a crime filled country.

[@craigfelter]

Mexico is damned near a failed state. A right to bear arms isn't going to fix that.

[@arleneirvine1526]

sounds like canada!

[@trevorstine8647]

The cartels have been armed by smugglers from the US.

[@BoxerDogs]

Sounds like California!

[@lynneburridge9082]

The Australian government should put total ban on travel to Mexico. It is such a senseless n brutal murder of such innocent lives.

[@ThinkTankUSA-lk8cm]

They didn't leave from Australia they left from the United States. The U.S. should put a ban on travels to Mexico.

[@draco2xx]

when you're too free spirited, naive, trusting any and everybody, visiting dangerous countries you got no business visiting, it leaves you with outcomes like this😮

[@tired7140]

🎯💯

[@ThinkTankUSA-lk8cm]

There are two places I wouldn't go: Mexico and Spain.

[@BoxerDogs]

​@@ThinkTankUSA-lk8cmWhat's wrong with Spain?

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@ThinkTankUSA-lk8cm Spain is one of the safest countries you can visit (20 times safer than where you’re from) No idea which planet you inhabit but it’s clearly not Earth

[@sudilos1172]

After cartel members draped an American Fire fighter halfway out of a window and took him secually by force. Then terminated his life after a crowd gathered. I determined that going to Mexico wasn’t an Option.

[@tired7140]

Going to Mexico is a choice and a very bad one at that.

[@mwilliamson3989]

Nah unless you speak fluent Spanish and have family or friends in Mexico. And stay away from drugs and bad influence, I definitely wouldn’t go there. I’m older and wiser

[@abraham7330]

Yeah but bro drugs so much cheaper at Mexico gram of coke 60$ Mexico bro that 6$

[@demisx]

This is why I never go to that crap hole.

[@marksaguindel1903]

There are those who pray and those who prey. Recognize and live

[@seabee2653]

I live in a sanctuary city. These people are rude and don’t talk to you. No issues whatsoever deporting.

[@kathymccarthy5264]

Mexico is such a beautiful country and theyve ruined it. The same is happening here, especially in CA. The crime, the homelessness. Its disgusting.

[@rochellestarr9538]

MORE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED AGAINST "HOMELESS PEOPLE" THAN BY HOMELESS PEOPLE AND CALIFORNIA HAS MORE PROGRAMS TO HELP THE HOMELESS THAN ANY OTHER STATE!A HOMELESS PERSON IS JUST A PERSON WITHOUT A HOME and that includes little peope.Learn your facts and Im guessing that you have never even been to California.

[@nachogallagher3393]

Mexico needs to be corrected.

[@PurpleDoritos666]

And America with all its gun violence and school shootings doesnt. Ok. Lol

[@KnightSoulsG]

How

[@annmariedeignan2596]

What an asinine statement to make. How many murders occurred in the US this week? Perhaps the US needs to correct itself.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@KnightSoulsGthey aka mexiko pay for OUR wall !

[@ScottHendrix-yz3du]

​@@annmariedeignan2596that only happens in a few big cities in America and nothing like Mexico were finding mutilated bodies os a daily thing.

[@riverrat3101]

well, if you steal someone's cell phone, you might as well leave your name and address behind for the police. ffs, now she will face 3 murder charges for the price of a stupid phone.

[@jebronlames7789]

She didn't do it alone, she set them up

[@PresleysMom]

There are two male suspects in jail also.

[@moe42o]

I have friends regularly visit that exact same place plus many of the little beaches and villages. The locals are kind and generous and the food is amazing. They do warn tourists ALL THE TIME to stay out of certain areas and don't ask for drugs of any kind, whatsoever unless you want to deal with the cartels. They are everywhere and have control over all criminal affairs including the law. Again the locals really stress how dangerous buying even pot can be now. Parts of the good ole USA are just as sketchy and violent. Drug's and human trafficking are the top business in both countries.

[@CB-el3sv]

I'm Mexican and I don't even travel to Mexico

[@lonayork591]

My brother's in-laws were just kidnapped and held for ransom and thank God they were safely released. This was 3 days ago just over from San Antonio TX. They are elderly Mexican working class people. Stay out of Mexico!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊

[@christianbrother4724]

Three young lives so full of life and promise. It doesn't make sense. If I were from Australia, I would relish it and stay there. Not go to a third world country.

[@psalwasser]

sadly, the usa is becoming a 3rd world country. its not the immigration, either. its our own us corporations and 1% profiting from fear, crime, poverty.

[@tired7140]

What I can't believe is that I think Australia has a lot better waves than Mexico to begin with. So why take the chance with your life especially now days?

[@dainasworldnumbers88]

Devastating. I’ve never been to Mexico, and I never will go there.

[@Joanie-cu7wr]

Condolences to all loved ones💔💔💔

[@EMT_Rick]

Crazy because we let their people come across to our country and act however they please.

[@betsyj59]

The open border facilitates drug and child trafficking and the US government is perfectly aware of that. It is also perfectly aware that the (now global) Mexican drug cartels are operating with impunity inside the US.

[@sharonbrumley5355]

spot on...

[@nolafan4612]

No that’s Joe Biden allowing it.

[@louisianameme675]

The Mexico beaches are so beautiful too bad no one can go enjoy them anymore without dying. Stay away from Mexico.

[@dragonflylkr]

Exaggerating much? Millions of tourists enjoy Mexico's beaches with out dying. Lol!

[@millygarcia1462]

Tú si no quieres no vallas, nunca opines por los demás 🐸

[@tired7140]

@@dragonflylkr Your right and ALL the ones I know stay in SAFE compounds so they won't get hurt during their stay oh boy vacationing in a compound. With a swivel on your head as soon as you leave your "safe place".

[@philo_vee]

I am Mexican-American and don’t see myself going to México anytime soon. My grandparents are 45 mins away in México and yet bc of the severity of things there I won’t jeopardize my family into going. Mexico lindo is not worth it. 😢 RIP.

[@gwenxoxo7671]

They can come to our country! but when we go to their Country! We're history. This is Pathetic!.🌐💂‍♀️😭

[@davebronco5848]

Just don't go looking for drugs. Also, keep the entitled attitude at home & you should be fine

[@linneaberger1925]

Keeping their families in my prayers🙏🙏🙏

[@WayPastCrazy2525]

You're playing the lottery when you travel to Mexico.

[@realCitizenX]

I thought most of the cartel members moved to America through the Rio Grande but it looks like some of them stayed for some reason...

[@BigBoybobcat2014]

What a tragedy 😢 Prayers for their family and loved ones.

[@MamaPinks]

RIP, Duudes. I hope your families get closure! Im so sorry for your loss. 😔

[@MoneyGreen]

How come the cartels aren't labeled as terrorists?

[@SuzanneDONALDSON-zr9sk]

I feel like they were killed just for the killers entertainment and pure meanness. It is so very sad. I believe the only mistake made was going there for a vacation. We used❤ to go to Corpus Christi , Texas on vacation and go over the border with our two small children to shop and go out to eat and thats at a time you good do that and be safe. God Bless the families of these young men.❤ ❤ ❤ Prayers!

[@L.Fontein7]

Yeah. In college in TX in the mid 1970's we'd think nothing of driving down to one of the MX border towns and staying the weekend. Now? My best friend lives in the interior of MX and is quite ill. I'm sad to say that there is absolutely no way I'll be flying down to see her. 😢

[@SuzanneDONALDSON-zr9sk]

Remember what happened to Mark Kilroy from University of Texas went to Mexico with other fellow students and was murdered just because he was there! It makes no sense! They kidnapped him and tortured him and they eventually found him in a mass grave with other victims! Months later! RIP Mark Kilroy! This story bothered me for months! After they finally found him it still was upsetting to hear about and I don't believe that they have ever found the people who ended his life!

[@mineonlyhooves]

The cartels are becoming increasingly violent and bloodthirsty. There are some truly disturbing videos of the mexican cartels doing vile acts to their own people. Can’t imagine what they’re willing to do to Americans/Aussies

[@marykellerzacks9110]

Tragic. Sympathy to those involved. RIP.

[@rosaleenkosydar2589]

I extend my deepest condolences to the families…my prayers are with you.🙏🏻

[@cecilefannin4776]

Heartfelt prayers for family and friends.

[@melaniecarroll2538]

Dang.. losing one child is immobilizing..two? Prayers and love for their family.

[@rohanlawrence]

I feel combined pity & apathy for those who think anywhere in Mexico is safe from cartel violence linked to government corruption

[@1092837465ga]

This is so sad and such a loss! The cartels have taken over California and Mexico. They are now moving through the entire US. Everyone needs to be aware of their surroundings and always prepared to defend themselves against evil!

[@solomongrundy1467]

Have you ever watched their beheading videos? Absolutely gruesome.

[@1092837465ga]

No. I would never want to see that kind of evil!

[@connieboylan9159]

And were being invaded by this corrupt culture..i would never go to mexico at this point...this is beyond tragic

[@woodturner1954]

Going to Mexico is just begging for trouble.

[@TLOH7]

Tourists should really do their safety research before traveling abroad…especially Mexico. I cannot believe they didn’t find anyone to tell them: “hey, you sure bros”…but maybe they were warned and ignored. Like, c’mon! Everybody knows about Mexico!

[@tomoconnor7528]

I was visiting TJ over a few years 2020-22, Stayed in otay mesa and the US MARINES WERE FLYING OPS IN AND OUT OF MEXICO EVERY DAY ON THE HOUR 2020. 21-23. NOT ONE OP AT ALL FJBFJBFJBFJBFJB and FJB

[@atonaareyus]

My heart goes out to the entire family of these men as well as their friends… 💔

[@user-jh4tv9zq7k]

My condolances to the families of these men

[@DonChalantly]

The police there are just as big a threat

[@carolebreedlove1978]

Why are people still going to Mexico for holidays?????? It is a country riddled with crime.

[@Lulusvideos1]

Born and raised in SoCal, used to go down to Baja on weekends in the summer in the late 80’s and 90’s. It was risky back then, wouldn’t ever consider going these days. Too many people go down and never come back, the cartel is no joke! Feel really bad for that parents.

[@keithcourson7317]

It's not safe to go Mexico. Unfortunately, now Mexico is coming to us.

[@tyronesmith11]

Exactly

[@LenniePike]

That’s right; when you bring there here, here becomes there.

[@nolafan4612]

Thanks to Joe.

[@anniqueb8790]

The guy from San Diego should have known better than to go to that cess pit. The government allows these cartels to be in charge. Weak and pathetic. Take a page from El Salvador

[@thomasryan5681]

Mexico was always a dangerous place to go but it gets worse each year. I went there twice in 2022 north of Cabo for the same reason, a surf trip, and always looked over my shoulder. I'm never going back. Condolences to the families of these guys.

[@barbrice721]

My heart goes out to Their Families.❤

[@joseluisperezjr3285]

Damn , I always find it a little hard to believe a tragedy like that can happen, especially for tourists. A lot of times they eithrr go looking for drugs or party and meet the wrong people ....... R.I.P

[@stevebarrett366]

The new Mexico isnt like New Mexico

[@betsyj59]

Or old Mexico. The (now global) cartels are spreading and growing like wildfire. I went to Ecuador in 2014 and spent a couple of days in Quito. It had the usual pickpocketing type crime but nothing that serious. Just read about what's going on there now - according to many reports, it's well on its way to becoming Latin America's first full-fledged narco-state. This didn't get going for real until Rafael Correa left office in 2017 - only about seven years ago. The colossal growth in drug trafficking coincided with the next president's acceptance of 10 billion dollars worth of loans from the IMF. These same cartels have easily crossed into the US and have set up trafficking hubs across the country (and they've expanded well beyond drug trafficking). The US government doesn't seem too disturbed by it and continues to keep the border wide open.

[@theresamillan3186]

So sorry for the family's loss 😢

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

Mexico is not safe. I've never seen a place where surface kindness and smiles go to depraved predatory behavior so quickly.

[@11ccom1]

I told you it is mexico

[@AFloridaSon]

How did you figure it out, detective? Did it have anything to do with them _going missing in Mexico?_

[@tired7140]

Lights flashing, bells, whistles and sirens going off in your head. Think people think.

[@joaniem3817]

That’s so sad and tragic. I hate criminals!! 🤬

[@troutfisher7182]

A lot of surfers camp there, but there's lots of robberies, it has a reputation. I love Baja, I have camped and traveled and never had a problem, but seasoned Baja travelers avoid free camping in the north. There's plenty of nice campgrounds where you pay a few bucks a night, with security guards.

[@kateharris1210]

To think that you're any safer in a campground with "security guards" is a recipe for disaster. I have a friend who is American but she is of Mexican descent. She just went to visit family in Mexico for the first time ever, and her uncle told her that you're not even safe at resorts anymore. The Mexican police are either in on the crime, or they turn a blind eye to it because the cartel runs the freaking country, and everyone, is afraid do offer assistance to anyone who might be being harmed. If you can't go to an extremely populated resort and be safe, you certainly can't camp ANYWHERE safely. My friend was supposed to stay in Mexico for 3 weeks and she ended up coming home a week early because she was absolutely terrified to be there after what she saw and what she was told by her family there. Girls are not allowed to leave the village alone because the cartel has some goofy thing where if they touch a girl then she immediately belongs to them. The uncle had a friend visiting from America several years ago and the lady had her teenage daughter with her and they went to the town square for some sort of little festival or whatever, and in front of probably 200 people some men walked up grabbed the daughter and they went off with her. No one would help the fam because these men were armed. The girl was never seen again. She's missing to this day. I have two other friends who I have consistently tried to warn about going to mexico, but they are living "van life" and they just weren't taking it seriously. They thought they were safe because they were in a "safe" location (which is non-existent in Mexico at this point), and because they locked their van doors at night and kept their key in the ignition. They were stopped by a Mexican policeman shortly after they crossed the border, "who just wanted to make sure they knew where they were going, and give them directions." Sorry but cops don't pull you over to give you directions. They foolishly told this man where they were going to be camping and...what do you know, three trucks full of men pulled up at 2:00 a.m. You cannot even trust the cops there. And like I said, this was in what is deemed to be a "safe" location where there were other people within hollering distance. It doesn't matter. You cannot go there!!!! Absolutely reckless behavior. The van was surrounded by three trucks, their windows were shot out, their tires were shot out, their cat was hit and killed by a stray bullet, the female was sexually assaulted, and the male was kidnapped and managed to escape at some point before they were able to hold him for ransom and then kill him. They are lucky they made it out with their lives. Don't go there. You're not safe. ANYWHERE

[@kholowedalmold3394]

​@@kateharris1210 الفتاة المسكينة ماذا حصل لها

[@2days2cents]

Very sad because it seemed like these 3 adult males just went to have a wonderful time and probably thought safety in numbers. Prayers for their families & friends! Tragic!! R.I.P. and I hope justice is served!

[@solomongrundy1467]

The only difference is the cartel has guns and greater numbers. Numbers don't mean much if you don't have protection. R.I.P

[@CaliGirlJade]

Obviously, none of these guys watch the news. They would’ve known to go surfing somewhere in California and not Mexico just doesn’t make any sense to go surfing there.

[@1988vikable]

did you see the "beach" they were at??? It had cliffs and a rocky shoreline dont look like a tourist area to me and its in a REMOTE are no stores no roads NOTHING. I bet it was a drug deal gone wrong did you see the women with that big bag of cocaine i bet that was what they were trying to buy but drug dealers are sketchy and dangerous paranoid people especially if they didnt know them. I dont think those people were "cartel" people they are nobodies.

[@abraham7330]

Fr if all the sewage water gets released there the most and especially Tijuana,never know if they went into carel territory and if they did could explain why they died

[@Serenity-em6qx]

STOP THIS LAWLESSNESS NOW !!! GOD BLESS THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YOUR IN JESUS ARMS NOW BROS 🙏🌹🌹🌹🕯️🕯️🕯️💔💔💔

[@trollingdaddy2568]

Everyone saying mexico is a bad place dont understand that these criminal organizations are protected by both the US and Mexican governments. Who else remembers Mexican General who was arrested in California for drug trafficking charges and he was quickly let go since Mexico was going to spill the beans on their wrong doings also?

[@tired7140]

The problem in America is Democratic policies. Hard to swallow but the truth, sorry people.

[@bcc7777]

Yet we're allowing anyone to come across our border to do the same things here.

[@sharonbrumley5355]

EXACTLY...so when does it end?

[@bcc7777]

@@sharonbrumley5355 at this point, I'm not sure it does. Doesn't matter what "President" comes in... We are in a hole we may never get out of. God help us.

[@nolafan4612]

Well Trump at least tried earnestly to stop it. This isn’t a political statement it is just fact.

[@bcc7777]

@@nolafan4612 damn straight. And he'll do his best to deport, but sadly, it may not be enough at this point.

[@dreamofmermaids]

Omg this is heartbreaking.

[@jamesbalster2662]

I stopped going to Mexico back in the late 80s, it was unsafe then and more unsafe now. it was a once great place to spend time, not anymore.

[@steverasmussen7523]

Horrible. I cant imagine getting that news, poor parents and family.

[@Dayna_Bennett]

I went to Riviera Maya in August 2018 with my mom and two sons. I booked an all inclusive resort package with an agent. The agent said, “DO NOT leave your resort unless paying for an excursion directly with the resort”. We had a great time and felt totally safe.

[@sawas2421]

My most recent trip to Mexico was also in 2018, but not involving an all-inclusive resort. I also felt safe, had a good time, remained completely sober (as is my habit at home too), and came home just fine. This was not anywhere near the border and I would personally avoid going anywhere near the border and a few other specific spots where our State Department advises "do not travel." There's a lot of Mexico that is not included in those ill-advised spots, and I'd go back in a heartbeat if airfare to Mexico hadn't gone insane.....I priced a trip for this summer there and, no matter the dates I put in, I could fly to some countries in Europe for the same price as next door to Mexico. So, sad to say, Mexico isn't getting my tourism dollars this year, but that's because of price gouging rather than fear of going. In the resort towns, hotels and activities are just as expensive as the US, too, so it's not like you can make up for overpaying on airfare with things being "cheap once you get there."

[@derekr6202]

Heres a pro tip if you wanna go somewhere, anywhere for thrills... and theres a possibility you're on cartel territory.. how about you dont go? There is a HUGE world... find a safe spot.... theres plenty.

[@user-ye5ku2ws6s]

Definitely a Drug deal gone terribly wrong. They didn't mention that there was a fourth body found in the same area.