A man with signs of foul play was found dead Friday morning in an irrigation canal.

According to media reports the incident was notified to the police at 11 a.m. in the Venustiano Carranza area in eastern Mexicali.

Upon arrival the police found the corpse by Rio San Francisco Street and 76 Street.

Given the body was inside the canal the police asked firefighters for help to extract the corpse.

The body had an injury to the head. The body belonged to a man in his late 20s who was dressed in a red sweatshirt and blue pants, and had no shoes.