MANAGUA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nicaraguan Attorney General Hernan Estrada said Thursday that ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya had not bought estates nor set up militias in the north of Nicaragua.

    In a statement, Estrada denied reports that Zelaya was training militias in Nicaraguan territory near Honduras to achieve his return to office.

    He said those reports were made-up and ill-founded aimed to attack the citizen's power for supporting Zelaya.

    He said Nicaraguan authorities did not sell estates to Zelaya and Zelaya had not bought estates in Nueva Segovia zone, which borders Honduras.

    "The only thing I know is that there was a coup in Honduras, which is regrettable, condemnable; we are neighbors, it is a brother country and we have to hold together and respect Zelaya as the president," Estrada said.

    Zelaya announced in late July that he would seek estates to set up camps for training and educating hundreds of his followers to become Honduran pacific resistance in Ocotal, north of Nicaragua, 26 km to Honduran border.

    In another development, General Ramon Vindell, a member of the general commander of the Nicaraguan army, said Thursday that in the north zone of the country, there were no armed movements nor militias since the army deployed troops in the border with Honduras.