Surfers were Executed in Carjacking in Mexico

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The 3 surfers were killed with gunshots to the head, Mexican authorities said on Sunday.

The victims’ relatives identified the bodies without need for genetic tests, the state attorney general’s office said in a statement.

“The attackers drove by [the travellers’ campsite] in their vehicle,” Andrade Ramírez, the state’s attorney general, said. “They approached, with the intention of stealing their vehicle and taking the tires and other parts to put them on the older-model pickup they were driving.

“Upon approaching and surprising the men, there was surely resistance and these people, the attackers, took out a firearm they had and took their lives.

“When what was meant to be a robbery had got out of control, they tried to dispose of the bodies by throwing them into a well.

“They were not attacked because they were tourists, the intent was to steal their vehicle.”

The attackers had burned the tents and covered the well with boards, she said.

When reporters asked if this was the cartel, “The investigation has only just begun,” Andrade Ramírez said.

The three Mexican nationals have been detained, only one of them has been charged with kidnapping.

As of this moment, he other two are only being held for possession of crystal meth.

“In fact, we are sure that more people took part in the attack,” she said.

At least one of the suspects was believed to have directly participated in the killings. In keeping with Mexican law, prosecutors identified him only by his first name, Jesús Gerardo, AKA “el Kekas”, a slang word that means quesadillas, or cheese tortillas.

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