When Callum and Jake Robinson were shot dead execution-style and dumped down a well, Mexican police were quick to conclude why they were killed. But this picture blows the murder case wide open

A truck driven by two Australian brothers shot dead by bandits in Mexico still had the steering wheel on when the vehicle was set on fire, despite claims the tires were targeted by their alleged killers.

Callum and Jake Robinson, originally from Perth, were on a road trip along the west coast of Baja California with their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad on April 27 when they disappeared.

On Saturday, their remains were found near the city of Ensenada – about 2km away from their Airbnb in Rosarito – at the bottom of a well. They each had one gunshot wound to the head.

Jesus Gerardo Garcia Cota, Ari Gisel Garcia Cota and Christian Alejandro Garcia were later arrested and accused of driving the men’s white Chevrolet Colorado truck into Santo Tomás and setting it on fire.

Baja California prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez alleged that the trio planned to steal the tapes, but the men died because they resisted the theft.

However, photos of the burned truck clearly showed that the tires were not stolen as they were still on the vehicle when it was set on fire.

Pictured: The white Chevrolet Colorado truck found on fire, with the wheels still on the vehicle

Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro told Daily Mail Australia there are many possible explanations for what happened, but he said it is possible the alleged murders were the result of a robbery gone wrong.

“The logical theory is that it was a botched robbery and they panicked and allegedly killed three people and threw the bodies in a well,” he said.

‘The fact that the tires were still on it seems to me the car is intended to destroy evidence.”

He said the idea of ​​shooting three people over a set of tires “seems strange to Australians, but life there is extremely cheap and people have killed for less.”

Mr. Watson-Munro said he has traveled along the west coast of Mexico and knows others who have gone to the same region in Baja California, but they did not stop at Ensenada because of warnings of cartel violence.

“They decided to push through it and not stop there because they were warned it was like anarchy on steroids,” he said.

“That area in particular is lawless.”

Expert criminologist Tim Watson-Munro (pictured) said the situation could have been a robbery gone wrong

Ari Gisel García Cota, 23, is one of three suspects arrested. She is reportedly the partner of co-suspect Jesús Gerardo Garcia Cota

Brothers Jesús Gerardo Garcia Cota and Cristian Alejandro García were two of the three suspects arrested

He described the situation as a terrible tragedy, adding: “They’re just trying to have a surfing holiday and they’ve paid the ultimate price.”

After the bodies were found on Saturday, Ms Ramírez told local reporters that the alleged killers approached the men ‘with the intent to steal their vehicle and take the tires and other parts to the older pickup truck they were driving.”

‘When [the tourists] They came forward and caught them. They certainly resisted, and these people, the attackers, took out a gun and first killed the one who resisted the car theft.

‘Then others came and joined the battle to defend their possessions and their attacked companion, and they killed them too.’

The alleged killers have been charged with kidnapping.

Ms García Cota, 23, reportedly had a mobile phone belonging to the missing men.

Police were able to make the arrests when a phone from one of the Australian brothers’ phones was turned on and pinged a cell tower in the area.

Australian brothers Jake, 30, (right) and Callum Robinson, 32, (left) are pictured with their parents Debra and Martin

The alleged murders have not been linked to organized crime, but investigators have yet to rule this out.

Jake, who worked as a doctor in Perth, had flown to the US two weeks earlier to visit Callum, who lived in San Diego with his girlfriend Emily Horwath.

Their parents Martin and Debra Robinson broke down in tears as they spoke about their son’s death in San Diego on Tuesday.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Callum and Jake have been murdered,” Mrs Robinson said.

“Our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us.”

‘Now it’s time to take them home to family and friends – and to the ocean waves in Australia. Please live bigger, shine brighter and love harder in their memories.”