Zelaya Reveals Assassination Plot

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"Zelaya Reveals Assassination Plot

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martes, 07 de julio de 2009

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Tegucigalpa, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) The group that ordered the coup in Honduras gave specific directions to assassinate President Manuel Zelaya, according to declarations by the constitutional president, published on Monday in this capital.

According to Zelaya, Gen. Romero Vasquez, involved in the coup, confessed to him that the intention was to eliminate him, but the military man decided, at the last minute, to send him to Costa Rica.

"This opposing group wanted you dead," said Zelaya, paraphrasing General Vasquez.

The Honduran president was taken out of his home violently on June 28, by a group of military men, and taken by force to an air force base and from there to Costa Rica.

"The Armed Force leaders have betrayed me. They have invaded my home and threatened to shoot me. This is a brutal kidnapping against me, without any justification," denounced Zelaya shortly later, at the San Jose airport.

The president said a very voracious elite is responsible for the coup, because it manages the country politically and economically, and is contrary to any change that affects its interests.

Zelaya arrived on Sunday in Nicaragua, after the de facto regime in Honduras prevented the aircraft on which he was returning to his country from landing at the Toncontin airport, where thousands of people were expecting him.

In a pres conference on Sunday in Managua, the president sent a message of condolences to the relatives of the victims of the brutal repression launched by the pro-coup faction, which resulted in two deaths and dozens of wounded people.

Zelaya traveled to Washington recently to meet with US State Secretary Hillary Clinton.

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