Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested by troops ahead of a controversial referendum on plans to change the constitution.
Mr Zelaya's secretary said the president had been taken to an airbase outside the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The move comes days after the president sacked the armed forces chief, who had refused to back the referendum plan.
Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in January 2006, wants a vote to enable him to seek a new term.
A reporter for the Associated Press news agency said he had seen dozens of soldiers surround the president's house on Sunday morning and about 60 police guarding the house.
'Coup plot'
The referendum, due on Sunday, had been ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and was also opposed by Congress and members of Mr Zelaya's own party.
ZELAYA EVIDENTLY WON'T GET AWAY WITH WHAT MUGABE, CHAVEZ AND OBAMA ARE GETTING AWAY WITH.
GEE: I SURE HOPE WE CAN STOP OBAMA WITHOUT A COUP...
ROUND UP HERE.
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I see this morning that BHO is calling for the restoration to office of Zelaya.
I also note that Hugo Chavez greeted Zelaya when the latter stepped off the plane in Costa Rica.
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