Australian surfers fight back in armed robbery, are shot, burned…
Six days ago, it was reported here that two Australian surfers had disappeared in the richly dysfunctional town of Navolato, Sinaloa, in Mexico. Their burnt-out van was found, with two bodies inside.
Now, a gang of five meth dealing “highway robbers” are expected to be charged with homicide.
“After forcing the van to stop the thieves are believed to have shot the pair after Mr Coleman resisted the robbery,” reports the UK’s Daily Mail. “The van was then driven to a rural road where it was set alight with gasoline. The bodies are yet to be identified but DNA testing is under way. A shotgun, pistols, 124 small bags of methamphetamine and jackets with police logos on them were all presented as evidence.
“According to prosecutors, a lookout for the gang spotted the pair’s van before it got to Navolato and advised his accomplices it was a likely target. The thieves are believed to have stopped the van after it passed a toll booth, as the two Australians drove south through Sinaloa toward Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city.
“After forcing the van to stop the thieves are believed to have shot the pair after Mr Coleman resisted the robbery,” reports the UK’s Daily Mail. “The van was then driven to a rural road where it was set alight with gasoline. The bodies are yet to be identified but DNA testing is under way. A shotgun, pistols, 124 small bags of methamphetamine and jackets with police logos on them were all presented as evidence.
“Julio César González, 27, allegedly discharged his weapon at the victims and Sergio Simón Benítez González, 37, and Martín Rogelio Muñiz, 27, are alleged to have participated by intercepting the van.
“The hunt is still on for Luis Enrique, 38, who allegedly discharged his weapon at the victims and set the van alight and the youngest suspect, Jesus Uriel Camacho, 20, who is believed to have ambushed the victims.
“Coleman and Lucas were travelling from Edmonton, Alberta, and failed to arrive to their destination Guadalajara on November 21. They were last seen leaving a ferry from the Baja California peninsula at Topolobampo, Sinaloa, at about 10:30 p.m. on November 20.
“The burned-out van was found the next day by local Mexican authorities.
Driving in Culiacan at night on a rural road is a death wish.