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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested by troops ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum.Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested by troops ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum.
Mr Zelaya's private secretary told AP news agency the president had been arrested and taken to an airbase outside the capital, Tegucigalpa. Mr Zelaya's secretary said that the president had been taken to an airbase outside the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The move comes days after the president sacked the armed forces chief, who had refused to back the refendendum plan. The move comes days after the president sacked the armed forces chief, who had refused to back the referendum plan.
Mr Zelaya wants a constitutional change allowing him to seek a second term. Mr Zelaya - elected in 2006 for a non-renewable four-year term - wants a vote to enable him to seek a second term.
An AP reporter saw dozens of soldiers surround the president's house on Sunday morning and about 60 police guarding the house.An AP reporter saw dozens of soldiers surround the president's house on Sunday morning and about 60 police guarding the house.
It comes after Mr Zelaya told Spain's El Pais newspaper a planned coup attempt against him was thwarted after the United States refused to back it. It comes after Mr Zelaya - an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - told Spain's El Pais newspaper a planned coup attempt against him was thwarted after the US refused to back it.
A decision in Congress last week seemed to have halted plans for the referendum, which had been due to take place on Sunday, after the courts also deemed it unlawful.A decision in Congress last week seemed to have halted plans for the referendum, which had been due to take place on Sunday, after the courts also deemed it unlawful.
The referendum was originally scheduled to have taken place at the same time as the presidential election in November.The referendum was originally scheduled to have taken place at the same time as the presidential election in November.
President Zelaya was elected in 2006 and under the current constitution is barred from standing for re-election.