STORY: American and Australian tourists that went missing in Mexico are dead, according to authorities on Sunday- in a case they're treating as a murder investigation.
Family members of U.S. tourist Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson had been brought in, and identified their remains.
Their bodies were found in a well on Saturday.
The three foreigners went missing while on a vacation surfing near the popular tourist town of Ensenada, about an hour and a half south of the U.S.-Mexico border on the Pacific coast.
A source from the attorney general's office told Reuters that all three bodies had a shot in the head.
A burnt-out vehicle believed to have been used by the three surfers was also found in the area.
Officials say three people have been arrested.
A preliminary hypothesis by Mexican authorities is that the arrested individuals attempted to carjack the foreigners and when the surfers resisted they were shot and their bodies dumped in the well.
Baja California is one of Mexico's most violent states, although the Ensenada area is considered safer.
The U.S. State Department advises Americans to reconsider travel to the state due to crime and kidnapping.
