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Police block food for pro-Zelaya supporters
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-29 10:31

TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran soldiers on Tuesday blocked on the border with Nicaragua a caravan loaded with food for supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

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Last week, local pro-Zelaya Radio Globo launched a campaign to collect food and take it to the border town of El Paraiso in Honduras and Las Manos in Nicaragua, 125 km east of Tegucigalpa.

People in charge of the caravan felt they were cheated by police, said Radio Globo.

Journalist Eduardo Maldonado, Zelaya's close collaborator, regretted what happened to the caravan.

He also said Radio Globo's signals were blocked several times, the last time on early Monday morning when Zelaya's followers were dislodged from El Paraiso.

"We have videos showing the way they were brought back in buses to Tegucigalpa," Maldonado said.

According to local media, some of Zelaya's followers on the border have left and police removed some checkpoints.

Meanwhile, Zelaya continues his attempt to return to Honduras to serve out his remaining six months in office.