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category: "Military"
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- Person
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- Military
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- General
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summary: "Vásquez Velásquez attended the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) at least twice, in 1976 and 1984."
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location: "Siguatepeque, Honduras"
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[[Romeo Vasquez Velasquez]] was a Brigadier General and head of the armed forces of [[Honduras]]. He was sacked by President [[Manuel Zelaya]] on June 25, 2009, for refusing to allow the armed forces to help in conducting a referendum on a constitutional change proposed by President Zelaya. He, along with [[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]], was identified as a coup leader who ousted [[Manuel Zelaya]] and placed [[Roberto Micheletti]] in office.[^1]
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Vásquez Velásquez attended the [[U.S. Army School of the Americas]] (SOA/WHINSEC) at least twice, in 1976 and 1984. He was also mentioned as a friend of [[Jimmy Hughes]] and a member of FGBMFI ([[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International]]).[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
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