The girlfriend of one of the Perth brothers killed execution-style on a surfing trip in Mexico said her “heart is shattered into a million pieces” after losing her best friend.
The bodies of Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, and their American friend, Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, have been identified by family after they were found in a well.
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All three were shot in the head in a botched robbery by thieves who wanted their ute for spare parts, authorities believe.
Callum’s girlfriend Emily Horwath paid tribute to her partner as “one of one”.
“My heart is shattered into a million pieces,” she said.
“I don’t have the words right now.
“I will love you forever.”
Friends remembered the 33-year-old as “one of the most beautiful and loving souls”.
“This world lost one of its kindest, silliest and most genuine souls this week,” one friend said.
“Heaven welcomed the purest, kindest angel,” another said.
A friend of Jake paid tribute to the 30-year-old, saying, “it was an honour to have known and worked with you.”
Mexico Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena offered condolences to the men’s parents, saying her office “expresses its solidarity with the families of the victims in the face of this tragic event and deeply regrets the outcome of the events”.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the identification of the bodies was “frankly horrendous news”.
“I think the whole country’s heart goes out to all of their loved ones. It has been an absolutely horrendous, absolutely horrific ordeal and our thoughts are with all of them,” he said.
The brothers were in northern Mexico on a surfing holiday when they failed to check in to pre-arranged accommodation near the city of Ensenada.
Family travelled to Baja California in northern Mexico and identitifed the bodies as the brothers.
Authorities found the remains in a remote 15m well on a clifftop on Baja Peninsula on Mexico’s west coast on Saturday.
Thieves are believed to have killed the three men to steal their truck for the tyres, and then allegedly got rid of the bodies about 6km away.
Three suspects are being held in connection with the case.
One of the three has been charged with forced disappearance, equivalent to kidnapping.
– With AAP