US suspends military exercises with Honduras

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The U.S. military has suspended joint military exercises with Honduras, after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted from office on Sunday.

Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman seen here in 2008 in Arlington, Virginia. Whitman told reporters, the United States has suspended all military activities with Honduras until further notice, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, days after President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in a coup. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)

U.S. military officials say that U.S. soldiers stationed on Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, home to a United States' Joint Task Force, were ordered to stay on base.

The base is located about 100 kilometers from the capital city of Tegucigalpa and houses 500 to 600 U.S. soldiers.

Normally, the two military allies would participate in joint exercises and the U.S. military uses the base for counter-narcotics and humanitarian missions.