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Former Honduran leader Arellano dies
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| Last Edited | RMF May 17, 2010 08:34pm |
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| Author | UPI Staff |
| Media | News Service - United Press International |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, May 17 (UPI) -- Oswaldo Lopez Arellano, who led two government takeovers in Honduras, has died after being hospitalized for prostate cancer, officials said. He was 89.
An air force general, Lopez Arellano first took control of the Central American country in a bloody coup in 1963 and ruled until 1971. He returned in 1972, ousting Ramon Ernesto Cruz, who had been elected to office, and held sway until 1975 he was turned out in a coup by Gen. Juan Alberto Melgar.
Citing sources, El Heraldo reported family members took Lopez Arellano to a military hospital in Tegucigalpa where he died Sunday. |
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