Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 1, 2009

Leftist President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped and transported to Costa Rica on Sunday morning after a growing over a concerning term limits. Over the last week, Zelaya clashed with and eventually dismissed General Romeo Vasquez — who is now reportedly in charge of the that abducted the .

According to the watchdog group School of Americas Watch, Gen. Vasquez trained at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at least twice — in 1976 and 1984 — when it was still called School of Americas.

Source/Full Story: southernstudies.org

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