The man who disappeared last Monday in Yécora was found dead

Emergency services have located on Friday afternoon the body of the 82-year-old man who has been missing since last Monday in the Alavesa town of Yécora, according to the Basque Department of Security.

At 6:00 this afternoon, under the coordination of a technician from the Emergency Management, resources involved in the man-made search device found the missing person's body in an area of difficult access.

Last Monday, the man went for a walk in a rural area around his home in Bercijana, where relatives warned of his disappearance when he had not returned and since then a team of agents, technicians and volunteers has been looking for him.