The document, signed by then U.S. ambassador to Honduras, Charles Ford, laughs at Zelaya as “almost a caricature of the land-owner ‘caudillo’ whose goal as president was to “enrich himself and his family while leaving a public legacy as a martyr who tried to do good but was thwarted at every turn by powerful, unnamed interests.”

In addition to the personality profile of Zelaya as a “rebellious teenager,” the cable notes that Zelaya has close ties to international organized crime figures, which explains his unwillingness to crack down on drug trafficking in Honduras.

“There also exists a sinister Zelaya, surrounded by a
few close advisers with ties to both Venezuela and Cuba and
organized crime. Zelaya’s desperate defense of former
telecommunications chief Marcelo Chimirri (widely believed to
be a murderer, rapist and thief) suggests that Chimirri holds
much over Zelaya himself.”
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