'Good days and bad days': Parents of surfers killed in Mexico mark anniversary

Tuesday, 29 April 2025 12:42

It's been one year since Perth brothers Callum and Jake Robinson were murdered on a Mexican surfing holiday.

The parents of the Perth brothers who were murdered on a Mexican surfing holiday say they "have good days and bad days" as they struggle with grief one year on.

Callum and Jake Robinson along with an American friend were shot dead in a car robbery gone wrong.

In an emotional interview released by the family, Debra and Martin Robinson said they both take solace in the charity they set up, the Callum and Jake Robinson Foundation.

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They are also thankful for constant messages from the brothers' friends as well as others who have heard about them from around the world.

"They remember them and that helps us," Martin said.

"I'm really grateful for the people that have surrounded us."

"I think that's the only thing that's really kept us going, to be honest," Debra, said,

"And it seems to grow, and we're very grateful for that."

Debra and Martin Robinson, who lost their sons in the Mexico shooting.

Martin added that he misses "being able to talk to them".

"I'll read something or I'll hear something, and...l (want to) pick my phone up and send them a message but I can't do that now and I miss that so much," he said.

Debra reflected their deaths "seem such a waste".

"I'm not angry, I feel... that they don't have a future... there's no more, that's a very hard thing to come to grips with," she said.

The Robinson brothers and Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surf trip in Baja California, one of the country's most violent states, when they went missing on April 27, 2024.

Local authorities began a search operation, which would span weeks.

A burnt-out ute eventually led police to find their bodies dumped inside a well near their remote campsite.

Police allege the Australians were killed in a "robbery gone wrong" but their execution-like killings raised suspicions that their deaths could be linked to organised crime.