Zelaya's
Followers Begin To Leave
Honduras-Nicaragua Border
El Paraiso, Honduras -
Some followers of ousted Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya began on Monday to leave
militarized border zone between Honduras and
Nicaragua and head home.
Hundreds of Zelaya's supporters arrived on
Friday at the town of El Paraiso, but were
kept by military checkpoints from reaching
the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, where Zelaya
parked his government-in-exile last week to
exert the pressure on Honduran interim
government.
About 100 people who had camped behind the
military blockades stayed in El Paraiso,
some 12 km from the border line while dozens
of others started tricking home, Xinhua
reporter said.
Zelaya has vowed to remain on the border for
at least a week, but has not announced any
concrete plans since his brief entry into
Honduras on Friday.
Tension remained high along the border on
Monday as some 3,000 soldiers and police
were deployed on the Honduran side ready to
arrest the deposed president if he enters
the country.
It is reported that about 500 of his
supporters have already crossed into
Nicaragua.
The Honduran Congress was discussing on
Monday the San Jose Accord, proposed by
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, which
calls for Zelaya to be restored to power.
The interim leaders have accepted parts of
the plan but rejected Zelaya's return as
president.
Meanwhile, Honduran inhabitants in the
border area demanded the authorities to end
the curfew imposed last Friday and to allow
the transportation of goods to supply local
markets.
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