Trial begins for three accused in deaths of American, Australian surfers in Mexico

In a courtroom in Ensenada, Mexico, the trial began Monday for three men accused of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad — surfers who were shot in their sleep during a robbery attempt on a remote Baja California beach in April 2024. Their bodies were found days later in a cliff-side shaft, and the case has since become a reckoning not only for two grieving families but for the broader question of what it means to be a traveler in a world where beauty and danger share the same coastline. The proceedings carry the weight of lives interrupted at t