Police Arrest Three 'Low-Level Drug Dealers' Over Deaths of Australian Surfers Martha Azzi - Daily Mail
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There's been a breakthrough in the suspected murders of WA surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman in Mexico. Three men have been arrested authorities are claiming the suspects shot the tourists after a highway robbery went wrong. (9 News Perth)

Three people have been arrested and police are still searching for two other suspects believed to be connected to the murder of two Australian surfers who went missing last month in Mexico.

Members of a local gang, who are known to police as 'low-level drug dealers', have confessed to killing two tourists after they fought back during an attempted robbery, reports the BBC.

The van of missing tourists Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman was found firebombed with two charred bodies inside that were riddled with gunshot wounds.

The men were arrested on low-level drug-dealing and weapons charges and were allegedly robbing motorists on a stretch of highway leading south through Navolata, Sinaloa prosecutors said Friday.

Sinaloa state prosecutor, Marco Antonio Higuer said he expects homicide charges to be filed against them soon.

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Related: Mexico Prosecutors do Forensic Tests on Bodies in Search for Missing Australians (NYSE Post)

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