Update*** From our Colleages @ the Fox News WH Unit:

President Obama’s Statement on Honduras.

“I am deeply concerned by reports coming out of Honduras regarding the detention and expulsion of President Mel Zelaya. As the Organization of American States did on Friday, I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference.”

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Miami, Fl- Breaking on the AP wire, a high-ranking official says that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica most likely seeing political asylum, following his arrest by his soldiers in his country. Local Honduran media outlets are also reporting that Zelaya has left the country. Zelaya called the detention by soldiers a “coup” and a “kidnapping”, according to the AP.

Zelaya, a close all of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, was detained by army troops early Sunday, shortly before he was to have held a controversial referendum on the constitution opposed by most of the rest of the Honduran government.