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Zelaya Plans Another Attempt to Return to Honduras | ||
2009-07-07 | ||
July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president, will attempt to re-enter the country again this week after the acting government prevented his plane from landing yesterday and several of his supporters were shot at a rally. Honduras closed the international airport in Tegucigalpa for 48 hours today, Carlos Pacheco, a legal adviser at the airport, said in a phone interview. The closure came after two protesters died yesterday during a clash between Zelaya’s supporters and the military at the airport. Zelaya is still in San Salvador and he will return to Honduras on July 8, Luis Roland Valenzuela, housing minister under Zelaya, told reporters today in Tecucigalpa. “They deceived us,” Valenzuela said, citing an agreement with Micheletti that would have allowed Zelaya to land. “He wanted to land and Micheletti had said that it was fine.”
Micheletti put out an arrest warrant and vowed to block ZelayaÂ’s return, warning his arrival could trigger violence. | ||
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