2026年9月7日 美国东部时间晚上10:37 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
三名被控在墨西哥热门冲浪胜地杀害两名澳大利亚冲浪者和一名美国游客的男子周一受审，该案发生在他们遇害两年后，动机疑似抢劫。
2024年4月，30岁的杰克·罗宾逊和33岁的卡勒姆·罗宾逊澳大利亚兄弟，以及他们30岁的美国朋友杰克·卡特·罗德在墨西哥太平洋海岸冲浪旅行时，在南下加利福尼亚州遭枪击身亡。
当局称，这三名男子在歹徒试图盗窃他们的皮卡车时遇害，该车后来在他们的尸体附近被发现烧毁。
当时他们正在一处偏远的海滨区域露营，随后遭到袭击。失踪数天后，他们的尸体被发现遗弃在一处悬崖顶部的竖井中，头部有枪伤。
罗宾逊兄弟的父母前往港口城市恩塞纳达参加庭审启动仪式。
悲痛欲绝的母亲黛布拉·罗宾逊在法庭上盯着被告，随后突然痛哭起来。
“我们来这里是为了代表我们的儿子，陪伴他们。我知道他们希望我们到场，”她的伴侣马丁·罗宾逊早前对记者说道。
“我们想要查明真相，想要知道行凶动机，”他说。
2026年9月7日，澳大利亚兄弟卡勒姆·罗宾逊与杰克·罗宾逊的父母黛布拉和马丁·罗宾逊抵达墨西哥恩塞纳达的法庭，出席三名谋杀嫌疑人的庭审。吉列尔莫·阿里亚斯 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社
冲浪者们于2024年4月27日被报失踪，当时他们正在恩塞纳达露营。检方表示，行凶者“故意突袭了冲浪者，用枪械将他们射杀，时间为4月28日周日”。他们的尸体于2024年5月3日被发现。
周一共有三名证人出庭作证，其中包括一名被告的继子，他称自己的继父性格暴力。
该证人在相邻房间通过遮挡面部的方式作证，他表示自己陪同被告前往了犯罪现场，在“骚动”开始时在附近等候。
“我听到了很大的声响，”他说道，并解释说自己当时跑开了，但在对方打电话叫他后重新回到了这群人身边。
他称，这群人警告他，如果他敢透露任何信息，“外国佬遭遇的下场也会落到他头上”。
该证人继父的女友艾丽·吉塞尔·席尔瓦去年已被判处20年监禁，她承认自己煽动抢劫，目的是盗取皮卡车的轮胎。
根据检方提交的证据，席尔瓦是第一个与游客接触的人，并注意到他们携带了贵重物品。席尔瓦在法庭上称，她曾怂恿男友和另外两名男子抢劫冲浪者，称他们“有不错的手机和很好的轮胎”。
2024年5月5日，人们在墨西哥恩塞纳达的海滩上摆放了冲浪者的纪念照片。卡伦·卡斯塔涅达 / 美联社
这起案件在澳大利亚和美国引发了愤怒与悲痛，冲浪者的亲友们在社交媒体上发起大规模行动，搜寻他们的遗体。
据哥伦比亚广播公司的合作媒体英国广播公司报道，卡勒姆·罗宾逊曾在美国打职业长曲棍球。他的兄弟杰克·罗宾逊当时正攻读医学专业，他曾前往美国探望哥哥，原定返回澳大利亚后开始医生的工作。
罗德在原定结婚的几个月前遇害。据英国广播公司报道，他的未婚妻在法庭上表示：“他曾是我在这个世界上的依靠。我的人生如今已成噩梦。”
南下加利福尼亚州是墨西哥暴力最严重的州之一，饱受有组织犯罪和贩毒活动的困扰，不过贩毒集团的活动通常不会波及游客。
然而，仍有其他外国游客在墨西哥太平洋海岸的犯罪袭击中遇害。
2015年，两名澳大利亚冲浪者迪恩·卢卡斯和亚当·科尔曼在穿越西北部锡那罗亚州旅行时遭谋杀，他们的尸体后来被烧毁。
Accused killers of American and Australian surfers go on trial in Mexico
September 7, 2026 10:37 PM EDT / CBS/AFP
Three men accused of killing two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot went on trial Monday, two years after their killings in a suspected robbery.
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast in April 2024 when they were shot dead in Baja California state.
Authorities say the men were murdered during an attempt to steal their pickup truck, which was found burned near their bodies.
They had been camping in a remote beachside area when they were attacked. Their bodies were found dumped in a cliff-top shaft several days after they went missing, and they bore gunshot wounds to their heads.
The Robinsons’ parents traveled to the port city of Ensenada for the start of the proceedings.
Bereaved mother Debra Robinson stared at the accused before bursting into tears in the courtroom.
“It’s about representing our sons, being here for them. I know they want us to be here,” her partner, Martin Robinson, had earlier told reporters.
“We want to find out what happened. We want to find out why,” he said.
Debra and Martin Robinson, parents of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, arrive at the court for the trial of three murder suspects in Ensenada, Mexico, on Sept. 7, 2026. Guillermo Arias /AFP via Getty Images
The surfers were reported missing on April 27, 2024, while camping in Ensenada. The assailants “intentionally surprised the surfers and shot them with firearms, taking their lives on Sunday, April 28,” according to the prosecution. Their bodies were found on May 3, 2024.
Three witnesses appeared before the court on Monday, including the stepson of one of the defendants, who described his stepfather as violent.
Testifying from an adjoining room with his face concealed, he said he accompanied the accused to the crime scene, waiting nearby when the “commotion” began.
“I heard a lot of noise,” he said, explaining that he had run away but rejoined the group after they called him.
He said they warned him that “the same thing that happened to the gringos would happen to him” if he said anything.
Ary Gisell Silva, the girlfriend of the witness’s stepfather, was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year after admitting she had instigated the robbery in order to steal the pickup’s tires.
According to evidence presented by the prosecution, Silva was the first to make contact with the tourists and noticed they had valuables. Silva told a court that she had urged her boyfriend and two other men to rob the surfers, noting they had “good phones and good tires.”
Photos of the surfers were placed on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on May 5, 2024. Karen Castaneda / AP
The crime sparked outrage and grief in Australia and the United States, where the surfers’ friends and families galvanized a major search on social media for their bodies.
Callum Robinson played professional lacrosse in the U.S. His brother Jake Robinson was pursuing a career in medicine. He had traveled to the U.S. to visit his brother and was about to start a job as a doctor upon his return to Australia, CBS News’ partner network BBC News has reported.
Rhoad was killed a few months before he was set to marry. His fiancée had told the court, “He was my safety in the world. My life is now a nightmare,” the BBC reported.
Baja California is one of Mexico’s most violent states, plagued by organized crime and drug trafficking, although cartel activity doesn’t usually affect tourists.
Other foreign visitors have, however, been targeted in criminal attacks on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Two Australian surfers, Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, were murdered in 2015 while traveling through the northwestern state of Sinaloa. Their bodies were later burned.