CRISIS IN HONDURAS
Zelaya's Family Not To Be Barred From
Leaving Honduras: Attorney General
Tegucigalpa -
Honduras' Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi
said Tuesday family members of the deposed
President Manuel Zelaya would not be barred
from leaving the country.
The Honduran government has appointed a
special official to be in charge of the exit
proceedings of Zelaya's family, Rubi said at
a press conference.
He noted if Zelaya's family members are
willing to leave Honduras, the government
will provide "necessary cooperation and
convenience" to them "at any conditions."
The attorney general did not reveal whether
Zelaya's family was prepared to leave the
country.
According to local media reports, Zelaya's
wife Xiomara Castro issued a statement
Sunday morning that she was in the city of
Catacamas in southeastern department of
Olancho and have lost contact with her four
children.
Early Sunday, Zelaya was snatched from his
bed in the Presidential Palace by hooded and
heavily armed troops and forced to board a
plane to Costa Rica.
Later Sunday, Honduras' Congress appointed
Congress leader Roberto Micheletti as the
interim president in a session that began
with the reading of a resignation letter,
purportedly from Zelaya who has denied
signing it.
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