2 Australians, 1 American missing in Mexico for nearly a week
Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Baja California.The group of three men had been camping and surfing together along the Baja coast in the municipality of Ensenada, about an hour and a half south of the U.S.-Mexico border, when they failed to show up to the accommodations they had booked for the weekend.Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad were reported missing on April 29 and were last seen on April 27, according to the Baja California’s prosecutors’ office. Mexican authorities are searching at sea and on land for the three men.On Wednesday, the mother of the Australian brothers made an appeal to the public for information on her missing sons.
In a post made to a local Baja Facebook page, Debra Robinson confirmed that she hadn’t heard from her sons since April 27. She also revealed that Callum has Type 1 diabetes.“They were due to book into an Airbnb in Rosarito … but they did not show up,” she wrote.
“Callum is a type one diabetic so there is also a medical concern. Please contact me if you have seen them or know their whereabouts.”People with Type 1 diabetes need to inject insulin or use an insulin pump because their bodies do not produce enough of the critical hormone, according to Diabetes Canada.The men are believed to be driving a Chevrolet Colorado truck with a California licence plate, according to an image Debra shared with her post.Callum’s Instagram account shows he was posting stories to his page during the surfing trip.
One image shows a white Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck parked near a beach. The posts stopped on April 27.Mexican authorities said Thursday that they had found tents believed to belong to the group along with “other evidence.” Investigators linked the
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