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Honduran President Porfirio Lobo says he has found out that some political opponents want to overthrow him, a statement from the president’s office reported.

Lobo said Tuesday he knew the names of those who are plotting against him and warned them not to try a coup.

Asked by reporters if he is behind a movement to replace the Supreme Court president, Lobo said, “It’s the president of the republic they want to get rid of. But they’re going to tangle with me. Never should we forget that for every action there’s a reaction. I tell you, we have everything well tracked. We have located all of them. I know who they are. I have all the information, and I believe they have made a mistake with me.” Excerpt from: CNN International.

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Five Honduran judges have been on a hunger strike for six days in protest of a decision by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) to dismiss four magistrates that condemned the June 28th actions against former president Manuel Zelaya.

Thursday another two people joined the strike, and there are now seven strikers demonstrating in La Merced Park, across from Congress in downtown Tegucigalpa.

The demonstrators want to see reversed the dismissal of Judges Alonso Chevez and Guillermo Lopez (two of the strikers), Ramon Enrique Barrios, and Tirza del Carmen Flores, whose dismissals were announced on May 5th.

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The former manager of the Honduran Telecommunications Company, Hondutel received a sentence of four years’ imprisonment.

Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro was found “responsible for the crime of abuse of authority against the public administration and will serve a sentence of four years (4) imprisonment,” reads the decision by judges Julissa Aguilar, Rosaminda Velasquez and Jocelyn Donaire.

Chimirri was not ordered to pay any money for the damage he caused to the finances of Hondutel; however, the judges decided yesterday that while Chimirri is in prison, he will have to perform public service labor within the institution. This ensures that Chimirri will no longer remain locked in his cell, but will be forced to interact with other inmates.

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