Body found in remote area near Santa Fe airport

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a body was discovered near Santa Fe’s airport.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports a group traveling on all-terrain vehicles Saturday spotted the remains in an area west of the Santa Fe Regional Airport.

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Juan Rios says the body was found in a remote location. He says it appears the body had “been out there for a while.”

Investigators are treating it as a suspicious death.

Rios says no other details will be released at this time.