Body of a middle-aged man has been found half-buried in a riverbed in the Venta Baja area of Alcaucin

 Body of a middle-aged man has been found half-buried in a riverbed in the Venta Baja area of Alcaucin. The body was discovered by workmen who were cleaning the river and due to recent rains which had increased the level of water, the course had to be diverted by firemen in order to extract the corpse.An autopsy has revealed that the man has been dead for several months and Guardia Civil are now investigating the identity and the cause of death. They are looking into missing persons files for the past year.