WASHINGTON, Jun 28
(Prensa Latina) The Organization of American States called an urgent
meeting of its Permanent Council on Sunday to discuss the coup d'
Etat in Honduras, where a group of military officers kidnapped
President Manuel Zelaya.
The meeting, convened by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel
Insulza, is scheduled for 15:00 local time.
The military officers took Zelaya away for an air base in
Tegucigalpa, as denounced by presidential private secretary Enrique
Reina.
"They took the president away for the air force. We are making
the international denounciation," said Reina.
He explained that the military officers fired four shots and
then left the house in three vehicles bound for the air base.
The private residence of the president was surrounded by heavily
armed soldiers, as planes flew over the capital.
TV Channel 36, Channel 8, Maya TV and several radio stations
have been shut down.
Just seconds before TV broadcast was lost, the Channel 8 news
presenter requested the people to gather at La Libertad square to
defend their president.