The Honduran military has stepped into the chaotic aftermath of the country’s election , saying it will ensure the transfer of power is carried out once a winner is declared.

Armed forces chief Roosevelt Hernandez said on Wednesday that the military, which carried out a coup in 2009 and has a history of intervening in elections, would guarantee that the results were honoured.

“We have been clear,” Hernandez said on Wednesday. “We have said we will support and recognise the results.”

The Honduran election has been mired by allegations of fraud and impropriety by various parties , as well as United States President Donald Trump’s suggestion before voting that US funding for the country would be cut if anyone but his preferred candidate won.

President Xiomara Castro denounced wh

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