A woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the murders of three tourists during a carjacking in Mexico last year.
Ari Gisell, 23, pleaded guilty to instigating the violent assault on Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad, who were on a surfing trip in the northern Mexican state of Baja California in April 2024 when they disappeared.
Their bodies were later found with gunshot wounds to the head at the bottom of a deep well.
Ari Gisell had expressed interest in the tyres on the surfers' car and asked her then-boyfriend Jesús Gerardo to “bring me a good phone and good tyres for my pickup truck,” the court heard.
According to reports, Jesús Gerardo and two others tailed the vehicle to the campsite where the foreigners were staying, robbed them, and shot them dead. The cases against these three men are still ongoing, and they are believed to have connections to the Sinaloa drug cartel.
The victims’ families appeared via video conference during the hearings, sharing their heart-wrenching stories of loss. Callum’s mother, Debra Robinson, expressed the pain of losing her sons as she reflected on their dreams for the future.
Ari Gisell gave a tearful apology in court, stating that she is focused on being a better person and expressing remorse for the losses endured by the victims’ families.
