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January 7, 2010

Honduran Prosecutor Seeks Charges Against Military Leaders
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In Honduras, the chief national prosecutor is seeking to charge top
military leaders over their role in the ouster of Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya last June. On Wednesday, the prosecutor, Luis Alberto
Rubi, asked the Supreme Court to approve arrest warrants charging
military commanders with abuse of power. Zelaya was forced out of
Honduras at gunpoint and replaced by a coup regime. The case would mark
the first legal action against the military since Zelaya’s ouster. The
Supreme Court is unlikely to approve the warrants, having issued several
rulings backing the coup. The Honduran president-elect, Porfirio Lobo,
has also called for amnesty for all coup leaders.



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