Ousted president says his jet denied landing rights in Honduras

Per CNN, a jet carrying deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya was unable to land at Tegucigalpa’s airport Sunday evening amid a tense standoff between government troops and Zelaya’s supporters.

Tweets from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, provide context on the situation.

puchito1029 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) Honduras es tierra de Paz. Manuel Zelaya no termina de entender esto. Esto no le hace nada bien a Honduras. Quedate lejos Mel. (Honduras is a land of Peace. Manuel Zelaya not yet understand this. This does not do anything right to Honduras. Stay away Mel.) 06 Jul 2009 from web

Rikkilulu (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) should we have to put up with a foreign plane violating airspace, specially a military plane from Venezuela,Would they allow it? #crisishn 06 Jul 2009 from web

puchito1029 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) The media has it all wrong and are doing a terrible job covering Honduras. The Honduran people need our help NOW. http://tr.im/helphonduras 06 Jul 2009 from web

Bllq21 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) #Honduras: Dictator Micheletti has blood on his hands after his military killed civilians today! via @manueltreto 06 Jul 2009 from twhirl

OskrC (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) Manifestantes congragados en las inmediaciones de Toncontin iniciaban a dispersarse después que ejército impidió aterrizaje de Mel (Demonstrators in the vicinity of Toncontin began to disperse after the army prevented landing Mel) 06 Jul 2009 from TwitterFox

Earlier, tweets were flowing in that shots had been fired near the airport and at least one person had been killed.

iJeffry (Texas) [GRAPHIC] Pic of boy killed at Zelaya rally in Honduras http://twitpic.com/9fzyb (via @rodrigomx) 06 Jul 2009 from Tweetie

Whitney86: (Undisclosed) Thousands supporters of overthrown Honduras Pres. at airport as military curfew starts, media reports killed, many wounded 06 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck

inscripcion (Nevada) One killed in #Honduras protest, more wounded-medics http://bit.ly/UaEmr 06 Jul 2009 from web

Twitterer @phnx0221 posted a link to photos of the protest here, while others continue to discuss the crisis.

Rosental (Texas) #Honduras military shown on teleSur shooting their weapons hundreds of times, as demonstrators were throwing stones at Tegucigalpa airport 06 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck

AbsintheSpirit (Undisclosed) Violence brok’out among huge crowd surrounding the airport-Military forces fired shots and tear gas->30 wonded/1 journalist killed #honduras 06 Jul 2009 from web

1D4TW (Montreal) Would love to know the sacred “constitutional law” that permits exiling a citizen and barring his return. #Zelaya #Honduras 06 Jul 2009 from web