Sinaloa Fears Backlash After Australian Surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman Go Missing WAtoday
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(L) Adam Coleman and his girlfriend Andrea Gomez (Facebook) | Dean Lucas was about to propose to his girlfriend Josie Cox (Twitter/@JosieCox)

Officials in the Mexican state of Sinaloa fear the publicity around missing Perth surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman will damage their tourism industry.

Sinaloa governor Mario Lopez Valdez and tourism secretary Francisco Cordova Celaya have vowed to find the people responsible for the WA duo's fate.

Grave fears are held for Mr Lucas and Mr Coleman after their old Chevy van, with two bodies inside, was found destroyed by fire on a dirt road in a rural area of Sinaloa. DNA tests and dental charts are being used to identify the bodies.

"This is a bad look, we will seek to shed light on this and find those responsible," Mr Valdez told the Proceso news website.

...A gofundme.com page set up to raise money to pay for family travel costs from Perth to Mexico raised more than $50,000 in just two days.

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