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October 12, 2009

UN Panel Warns of Growing Mercenary Presence in Honduras
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In other news from Honduras, an independent UN panel is raising alarm
over the use of foreign mercenaries since Zelaya’s ouster. The UN says
it’s received reports the coup regime has hired more than 120
mercenaries from across Latin America. An estimated forty former
Colombian paramilitaries have also been hired to guard wealthy Hondurans
and their properties.



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