Father testifies in Mexico trial over sons' deaths in surfing trip killing

In a courtroom in Mexico, the fathers and mothers of three young men — two Australian brothers and an American friend — have begun the painful work of bearing witness to what was lost when their sons were killed during an alleged robbery on a surfing trip in April 2024. The trial of three accused men in Ensenada draws together grief from two nations, asking a court to weigh human lives against the circumstances of a burned truck and a cliff-side shaft. It is a proceeding that reminds us how swiftly ordinary joy — a wave, a road trip, a shared friendship — can be overtaken by violence, and how