Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA
President Ricardo Maduro said Tuesday he is sending troops to help police quell a clash between loggers and environmentalists in south-central Honduras.
"I will not tolerate any act by individuals who try to apply the law with their own hands," Maduro said in a statement. He did not say how many troops were being sent.
Police spokesman Reno Funez said Maduro was sending soldiers to Olancho province "because the ecologists have been causing problems in the area for four days."
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