Girlfriend of Mexican outlaw accused of killing Callum and Jake Robinson brothers has cockfighting obsession
WARNING: CONFRONTING IMAGE.
The girlfriend of a Mexican outlaw accused of killing Perth brothers Callum and Jake Robinson is a fanatic for the cruel blood sport of cockfighting.
Ari Gisel Garcia Cota, 23, was the first to be arrested over the disappearance and murder of the brothers and their friend Jack Rhoad after Mexican authorities found her in possession of one of their mobile phones.
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In an Ensenada Court on Wednesday, Ari — who is a mother of a four-year-old — flipped to become the star witness against her partner in the case.
Ari’s social media profile is littered with content showing her at cockfighting competitions, while one confronting video shows her cruelly throwing a rooster in the air.
Other footage shows her in bed with a rooster, weighing and animal and parading it and combing a bird.
Her social media pages also detail her turbulent relationship with the alleged killer as well as her admiration for criminals.
She shared a photo of Al Pacino with Michelle Pfeiffer in a scene from the iconic gangster movie Scarface, with the blurb “pretty girls don’t hang out with handsome, they hang out with crazy people!”
She captioned the post ‘Mi mero mole’, which translates to “this is my thing”.
The betrayal of testifying against her boyfriend comes after she vowed to stay by his side “forever” in a gushing social media post just six months ago.
Other social media posts feature memes joking she was the dominant partner in their relationship.
Prosecutors believe her partner Jesus — who is also known as ‘El Kekas’ — drove to the the campsite where the Robinson brothers and Mr Rhoad were staying and ambushed them for car parts, before murdering them.
Drag marks, bullets and teeth have been found at their campsite, according to reports from local media.
The Robinson’s burnt-out ute was found, reportedly with a firearm inside it, near their campsite.
Their bodies were later found dumped down a 15m well nearby, along with the remains of a fourth man who had been missing for several weeks.
The court heard that once ‘El Kekas’ told his girlfriend he killed the three men, she fled to her mother’s place, where she was later arrested.
She revealed to police what she knew about the men’s disappearance, claimed to be a victim of domestic violence and vowed to cooperate with the investigation.
In court Wednesday, Jesus did not have his charge upgraded to murder, as expected.
However, prosecutors told the court that Jesus returned to the home and told his girlfriend: “I f**ked up three gringos.”
Ari asked: “What do you mean by that?”.
Jesus declared: “I killed them.”
The court was told that Jesus then showed her the new tyres he had put on her car.
Mexican authorities claim that the brothers and their friend had been murdered by thieves trying to steal their ute for its tyres.
Jesus will remain in custody until November 8, when he is next due to appear in court.
There are suspicions more people were involved in the ambush and murder, with the Attorney-General saying that investigators had not ruled out the possibility of more people being charged.
