Mexican authorities confirm missing U.S., Australian tourists have died

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[May 06, 2024]  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a statement on Sunday. 

Members of the United States and Australian embassies and the parents of missing U.S. and Australian tourists leave the Forensic Medical Service (Servicio Medico Forense) after the parents identified that the three bodies found earlier are their children's, in Ensenada, Mexico, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

The remains of Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, and American Carter Rhoad, 30, were found in a well earlier this week in what authorities are treating as a murder investigation.

(Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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