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Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya greets supporters inside the Brazilian embassy after sneaking into the Honduras - Source: Reuters -
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will leave the country
for exile in Mexico after spending nearly three months holed up in
the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, sources said.
"He is going to leave the country today for abroad. He is leaving
of his own will," a politician close to Zelaya said.
A Mexican government source said Zelaya, a leftist overthrown in a
June coup, would arrive in Mexico on Wednesday night.
Zelaya's chances of returning to power received a serious blow last
week when Congress voted he could not take office again.
Hondurans chose a new president, Porfirio Lobo, in elections on
November 29 but many countries have yet to recognize the vote.
Lobo is to take power in January.
Extra police forces beefed up security at the Brazilian Embassy and
a small group of Zelaya supporters carrying banners arrived at the
building.
