Woman's body found dead in water off Arico coast

[Janet]

Emergency services received a report last evening that what appeared to be a body was floating in the sea off the Arico coast. A search and rescue helicopter was dispatched shortly before 9pm and did indeed find the body of a woman near Porís de Abona. At present the cause of death is unknown, and relevant legal and forensic enquiries are already underway to establish what happened. JA