demanded that Zelaya be reinstated immediately The crisis erupted in June when Zelaya -- despite congressional and supreme court decisions calling it illegal -- pushed forward with a plan to hold a referendum that could have led to changing the constitution to allow for additional presidential terms . The Supreme Court signed an arrest warrant for Zelaya but not to send him into exile . Now , the Supreme Court has three days to decide whether to ratify the charges and start a case against the military officers . Armed Forces spokesman Col. Ramiro Archaga said that the military respects the rule of law and are willing to appear before the justice system . The announcement of the arrest warrants came as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly visited with the key players in the crisis in Honduras . Kelly met with Micheletti Wednesday , though details of the talks were unknown except for a statement from acting Honduran Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras , saying that calls for Micheletti 's resignation were not part of the dialogue . Meanwhile , Zelaya remained holed up inside the Brazilian Embassy in the Honduran capital of
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Honduran prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the country 's six top military commanders for abuse of power in connection with the coup that ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya last year . The Honduran high command , including Gen. Romeo Vasquez Velasquez , the country 's top military chief , face charges for bursting into Zelaya 's residence and transporting the president to neighboring Costa Rica , Attorney General Luis Rubi said . The June 28 coup deepened a political crisis that remains unresolved , despite a new president being elected in November . Rubi himself filed the arrest warrants at the Supreme Court on Wednesday . In addition to abuse of power , the military commanders face charges of illegal expatriation of a citizen . The manner in which Zelaya was ousted was key in how other countries and international bodies interpreted the military action . The de facto government of Roberto Micheletti and his supporters have insisted that Zelaya 's removal was a constitutional transfer of power . But the United Nations , the Organization of American States , the European Union and most nations -- including the United States -- condemned the coup and