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Honduran police and soldiers try to
dislodge followers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa,
capital of Honduras, July 30, 2009. Zelaya's followers clashed with
soldiers and police during a demonstration on Thursday, leaving several
injured. (Xinhua/David De La Paz) Photo Gallery>>> |
TEGUCIGALPA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Honduran police
and soldiers Thursday dislodged, with teargas, hundreds of followers of ousted
President Manuel Zelaya when they were occupying a highway in Tegucigalpa.
Zelaya's followers were attacked with teargas and
gunshots, in a boulevard in El Durazno town.
Zelaya's followers pretended to
block the highway to impede the vehicles' and commodities' transit to Cortes
Port in the north of the country.
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An injured follower of ousted President
Manuel Zelaya is carried away in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, July
30, 2009. Zelaya's followers clashed with soldiers and police during a
demonstration on Thursday, leaving several injured. (Xinhua/David De La
Paz) Photo
Gallery>>> |
The police published Wednesday a communique saying it
will not allow more blocking of highway and occupation of public buildings, so
it would use the forces to impede that.
Meanwhile, another group of Zelaya's followers tried
to block another highway in Comayagua town in the center of the country.
"There has been an enormous repression at one of the
highways blocking, I have been informed that there are detains," local syndicate
leader Carlos H. Reyes told local media.
Reyes, who also is independent
candidate for the elections on Nov. 29, said that the police and the soldiers
used tanks and teargas to expel Zelaya's followers from the place.
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Several followers of ousted President
Manuel Zelaya are arrested by police in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras,
July 30, 2009. Zelaya's followers clashed with soldiers and police during
a demonstration on Thursday, leaving several injured. (Xinhua/David De La
Paz) Photo
Gallery>>> |
Zelaya's followers restarted their fight to demand
Zelaya's return to charge, after they left the struggle in the border with
Nicaragua.