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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - The bodies of two Australian surfers murdered in Mexico were taken to the United States on Thursday to be delivered to their relatives for the long journey home. The funeral home transporting the remains of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, who were aged 30 and 33 respectively, confirmed that they had been transferred from Tijuana to San Diego where their parents were waiting. The body of their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, who was also murdered, was in the care of another funeral company. The tourists had been camping in a remote beachside area in vi...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - A Mexican court on Wednesday ordered the alleged murderer of two Australians and an American killed during a surfing trip to be prosecuted, as grieving relatives awaited the repatriation of their bodies. It followed a hearing held for Jesus Gerardo "N" -- alias "El Kekas" -- in Ensenada, Baja California, where the bodies of brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad, were found last Friday. The suspect will be prosecuted for the crime of "disappearance committed by private individuals," and homicide charges are expected to be filed later, the...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States, Britain and Australia unveiled sanctions Tuesday against the leader of the Russian ransomware outfit LockBit, which they accuse of extorting billions of dollars from thousands of victims. The measures announced Tuesday are the latest in a long-running legal and technological battle against LockBit by law enforcement agencies around the world aimed at disrupting its activities. The US Treasury Department said it was designating Dmitry Khoroshev for developing and distributing the software, which has been used against a number of American targets -- includ...
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Sydney (AFP) - Australia's prime minister on Tuesday lamented the "tragic" deaths of two Australian brothers and an American shot dead in a suspected robbery in Mexico. Anthony Albanese praised the trio of "wonderful young men" killed in Baja California state and offered condolences to their devastated families. "This is a tragic incident, and to all of the family and the friends of these young Australians, I think the whole of Australia's thoughts are with you at this difficult time." Albanese indicated he wanted to speak to the brothers' family "at an appropriate time of their choosing". Aus...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Relatives on Sunday identified the bodies of two Australians and an American shot dead in a suspected robbery in Mexico, authorities said, marking a tragic end to the search for the missing surfers. The corpses were found with bullet wounds to their heads, according to officials in crime-hit Baja California state, suggesting an execution-style triple homicide. The news confirmed the worst fears of the families and friends of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, who were on a surf trip to Mexico's Pacific coast. The ...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Three bodies recovered from a cliff-top shaft in Mexico's crime-hit Baja California state are very likely those of two Australian brothers and an American who disappeared on a surfing trip, local investigators said Saturday. The bodies were in an "advanced state of decomposition" when they were hoisted out of a shaft a few steps from the edge of the Pacific Ocean cliff, said state prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade. But "given their clothing and certain characteristics such as long hair and specific physical descriptions, we have high probability," that the bodies are in f...
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Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - The physical characteristics of three bodies found in Mexico's Baja California state resemble those of two Australian brothers and their American friend who went missing while on a surfing trip, local authorities said Saturday. State prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade said that the bodies, found dumped in a shaft atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, were in an "advanced state of decomposition," complicating identification. "However," she added, "given their clothing and certain characteristics such as long hair and specific physical descriptions, we have high probab...
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Playas de Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - The FBI said on Friday that three bodies were found in Mexico's Baja California state, where two Australians and an American went missing last week during a surfing trip in an area hit by cartel violence. "We confirm there were three individuals found deceased in Santo Tomas, Baja California," a statement from the FBI's office in San Diego, California said without providing identities of the victims. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter have not been seen since April 27. They were on vacation near the coastal cit...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was "considering" a request by Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges. Australia's parliament passed a motion in February with the prime minister's support calling for an end to the legal saga surrounding Assange, who has been held in Britain since 2019 while fighting extradition to the United States. "We're considering it," Biden replied at the White House when asked by a reporter if he had a response to Australia's request. Biden, who took the question while walking with visiting J...
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Manila (AFP) - The United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines will hold joint naval and air drills in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, their defence chiefs said in a statement, as they deepen ties to counter China's growing assertiveness in the region. The exercise will take place in the disputed waterway -- which Beijing claims almost entirely -- days before US President Joe Biden is due to hold the first trilateral summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan. "Our combined defense/armed forces will conduct a Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippine Exclusi...
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