Costa Rican
Airspace Was Never Violated
Jeanina del Vecchio, the ministra de
Seguridad Pública, allowed the airplane
carrying deposed Honduran president, Manuel
Zelaya, as it was not a military aircraft
and at no time was Costa Rican airspace
violated.
The ministra said she asked the vice-ministro
de Seguridad Pública to meet the arriving
plane at the Juan Santamaria (San Jose)
airport.
Vice-ministro Oldemar Madrigal said that two
men believed to be military, who did not
identify themselves nor were armed,
accompanied Zelaya on his arrival to Costa
Rica.
Madrigal said that the men simply handed
over the Honduran president who was still
dressed in his pyjamas.
Del Vecchio was emphatic that Costa Rican
airspace was never violated, the aircraft
was a "civilian" aircraft and communicated
normally with Costa Rican traffic control
officials, including asking for permission
to land.
Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the wife of the
deposed Honduran president, was reported in
hiding in the mountains of Honduras while
her husband sorts of the legal and political
problems of the country.
The Honduran first lady asked all Hondurans
to remain calm and to defend their future.
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