TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has left his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy and is headed into exile seven months after being ousted in a coup.
Hilda Cruz is an assistant of Zelaya’s wife. She says the ousted leader left for the airport accompanied by President Porfirio Lobo, who was inaugurated hours earlier.
Zelaya is going to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday under a deal signed by Lobo and Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, who also accompanied the 20-car caravan from the embassy.
Zelaya’s departure ends months of turmoil and his thwarted quest to be restored to power after the June 28 coup, which drew international condemnation.
