A 2009 military coup in Honduras began when the president was ousted in his pajamas
The world watched in shock in 2009 when Honduran soldiers stormed the presidential palace at dawn, seizing President Manuel Zelaya while he was still in his pajamas and forcing him onto a plane.
On June 28, 2009, a long-standing dispute over a constitutional referendum reached a breaking point. Military forces detained President Manuel Zelaya in his sleeping attire and flew him to Costa Rica, marking the first coup d'état in Central America since the Cold War era.
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