TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 26 (UPI) -- Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya said he will camp out on the Nicaraguan side of the Honduran border.
Zelaya said he would remain at his camp for the next couple of days to in an effort to draw increased attention to the political crisis gripping the poor Central American country, El Heraldo newspaper reported Sunday.
Last week, Zelaya -- who was removed from office by force last month -- stepped across the border and remained in Honduras for a short period before crossing back in Nicaragua, where he said he would wait for his wife and children to meet him.
On orders of acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti, a contingent of soldiers waited for Zelaya at the border but made no apparent effort to arrest him. Micheletti had ordered Zelaya to be arrested if he returned to Honduras.
Zelaya made an earlier attempt to return by air to the capital, Tegucigalpa, a week after his June 28 removal from office. His flight was not given clearance to land, however.
The deposed Honduran president was removed from office ahead of a proposed election on whether to change the constitution to allow him to pursue a second term in office. Honduran electoral law limits president to one four-year term.
