TEGUCIGALPA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Honduran Justice Ministry on Thursday prosecuted ousted President Manuel Zelaya and former Minister of the Presidency Enrique Flores Lanza for falsification of public documents.

    According to Public Ministry spokesman Melvin Duarte, the prosecution orders were related to an investigation into the payment of 1.3-million-U.S. dollar public expenses.

    Zelaya, ousted in the June 28 military coup, has been staying along the Honduras-Nicaragua border, seeking to return to his country.

    The ministry also issued prosecution orders against former Finance Minister Rebeca Santos and Jacobo Lagos, manager of the state-owned telecommunication company Hondutel, for misuse of power.

    The move was promoted by the Special Prosecutor's Office of Honduras on the fight against corruption, which requested the justice court to detain Zelaya and his collaborators.

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