Honduras: US troops 'played no role in coup flight'

The US military said its troops in Honduras did not know of and played no role in a flight that took ousted President Manuel Zelaya to exile during a military coup.

Mr Zelaya says the Honduran military plane that flew him to Costa Rica on June 28 stopped to refuel at Soto Cano, a Honduran air base that is home to 600 US soldiers, sailors and airmen engaged in counter-narcotics operations and other missions in Central America.