DNA tests on charred bodies in Mexico in search for missing Australian surfers

Mexican authorities will run DNA tests on two charred bodies found in a camper van, in a state infamous for narcotics gangs and about 100 miles from where two missing Australian surfers were last spotted.

Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, who were in Mexico surfing, were due to travel to the western city of Guadalajara on November 21 but they did not arrive, according to a message posted on social media site Facebook.

A burnt-out van that was similar to the pair’s was found in Sinaloa state not far from the Pacific coast, about 200km south of where they were last seen and about 716km north of Guadalajara, according to an official in Sinaloa’s local prosecutor’s office.