Pictures from coup d’etat in Honduras
General Romeo Vásquez, mastermind of the coup d’etat, states, “No one is above the law.”
A soldier stands ready to fire.
The military goes after the press.
Vehicles aim water with chemicals at the population who is resisting.
Protesters confront the military to fight for democracy.
A soldier holds an anti-coup protester at gunpoint.
The police are guarded by shields while protesters aren’t armed.
An anti-coup protestor picks up a can of tear-gas aimed at him and throws it back.
A wounded woman is being transported by the military.
Anti-coup protesters and the military face each other.
Two soldiers stop a photographer.
Soldiers chase after two young women holding their country’s flag
Soldiers keep a man pinned to the ground at gunpoint.
Protesters build barricades near the presidential house.
Protesters against the coup throw rocks at the Honduran military.
Soldiers clash with anti-coup protesters.
The new “president” of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti.
A Zelaya supporter sings the national anthem outside the presidential house.
- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator
*Photos from AP.
