The World : Honduras Lifts Emergency

Honduras lifted a five-day state of emergency aimed at quelling anti-American violence in which five Hondurans died, but two schools where the protests broke out remained closed and guarded by troops. The emergency was imposed after 2,000 protesters--enraged over the arrest of suspected drug baron Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros and his subsequent expulsion to the United States--attacked the U.S. Consulate and U.S. Information Agency office on April 7. Presidential spokesman Lisandro Quesada said full constitutional guarantees were restored in the capital of Tegucigalpa and in San Pedro Sula, 125 miles away. Only the National Autonomous University and the National Teachers’ School remained shut.