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Body found in Colombia in search for missing Anton Green
There had been an appeal to help find 43-year-old Anton Green, including by footballer Marcus Rashford
The family of a British man missing in Colombia have been told a body has been found in the search for him.
Anton Green from Manchester had been living in the South American country for two-and-a-half years, but stopped responding to messages in August.
Earlier, his family in Whalley Range were told that a body had been discovered, and that it was believed to be the 43-year-old.
They told the BBC that the news - which came just hours after they had renewed their appeal for help finding him - had devastated them and that they were "trying to come to terms with what's happened".
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesman confirmed that the body of a British man had been found in Colombia.
Anton Green had been living in South America for two-and-a-half years
Anton's family had told the BBC that his failure to contact his family had been out of character.
His mother, Nylva McKie-Williams, had said his last words to her in August were "we will speak at the weekend".
She told BBC North West Tonight he had kept in frequent touch with his family, and that it had been "so unlike him not to be in contact with us".