Key Points
- Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson have gone missing in northern Mexico.
- They were on a surfing trip in Baja California when they failed to turn up to their accommodation.
- The brothers haven't been in contact with family or friends since Saturday and have stopped posting on social media.
The mother of two Australian brothers missing in northern Mexico is pleading for information after her sons failed to make contact with their family for several days.
Jake and Callum Robinson — both aged in their 30s — were believed to have been surfing in the Baja California region near Ensenada when they disappeared, according to a social media post from their mother, Debra.
It's understood they were due to travel to the coastal city of Rosarito earlier this week but didn't turn up to their accommodation.
The brothers were believed to be travelling with an American friend, Jack Carter Rhoad, who is also missing.
A missing persons poster is being circulated by the brothers' friends and family in the hopes it can help locate them. Source: Supplied
"They were due to book into an Airbnb in Rosarito after their camping weekend but they did not show up," she posted in a Baja California Facebook group.
"Callum is a type one diabetic so there is also a medical concern.
"Please contact me if you have seen them or know their whereabouts."
Her plea came as multiple media outlets reported that a woman had been arrested during the search for the brothers after she was found in possession of one of their phones, as well as some drugs.
One of the brothers' friends, Dan, said no one had been able to as been able to get in contact with them since last weekend.
"Part of the concern is that they've been travelling through America — Callum lives over in America and Jake was visiting — and they had posted fairly regularly about their trip up until the weekend," he told ABC Radio Perth on Thursday.
"I believe Callum was due back at work last week and hasn't shown up so obviously friends and family are quite concerned."
'Very worrying'
Western Australian premier Roger Cook said the situation was "very worrying".
"When we do send our young men and women overseas to enjoy that adventure holiday, they invite an element of risk and this is really quite distressing," he told reporters on Thursday.
"I understand that one of the individuals has a medical condition that would need ongoing care, so I share concerns of all Western Australians in terms of their welfare."
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to SBS that it was providing consular assistance to the Robinson family.
"Owing to our privacy obligations we are unable to provide further comment," a spokesperson said.
The brothers' disappearance comes almost nine years after .
