New Honduran president keeps military chief behind coup that ousted Zelaya

[Judi Lynn]

New Honduran president keeps military chief behind coup that ousted Zelaya
By Associated Press
9:59 p.m. EST, February 16, 2010

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The new president of Honduras is keeping in place military leaders who ordered his elected predecessor flown into exile in a June coup.

President Porfirio Lobo, who took office last month, met with military chief Gen. Romeo Vasquez and other commanders for three hours and informed them of his decision, an armed forces spokesman said Tuesday.

"The president told us he is no hurry to make changes to the military leadership, that he will do that when he thinks it's convenient," Col. Ramiro Archaga said at a news conference. "That means there will be no changes for now."

Vasquez was in charge when soldiers flew Manuel Zelaya out of the country at gunpoint in a June 28 coup sparked by a dispute over changing the Honduran Constitution.

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