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21 October 2011 |
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Acquittal
of
Honduran
Putschits
Called
Unfair
Tegucigalpa
-
Former
Honduran
President
Manuel
Zelaya
on
Thursday
described
as
unfair
the
acquittal
of
six
ex
high-ranking
military
commanders
who
were
tried
for
expelling
him
to
Costa
Rica
during
the
2009
coup
d'etat.
The
ruling
by
the
Supreme
Court
was
supported
by
12
votes
in
favor
and
three
against
those
who
assaulted
Zelaya's
residence
at
midnight
and
instead
of
taking
him
to
court,
as
it
was
ordered,
they
force
him
to
exile
in
Costa
Rica.
With
the
acquittal,
the
court
favored
the
aspirations
of
retired
General
Romeo
Vazquez,
one
of
those
involved
in
the
coup,
to
run
for
president.
The
other
ex
high-ranking
military
commanders
who
were
acquitted
are
Luis
Prince,
Venancio
Cervantes,
Miguel
García,
Juan
Pablo
Rodriguez
and
Carlos
Cuéllar.
The
former
president
returned
to
Honduras
on
May
28,
2011,
and
since
then,
he
has
worked
with
the
National
Popular
Resistance
Front,
which
recently
founded
the
Free
Party
(Partido
Libre),
for
the
2013
elections. |
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