The World - News from June 5, 1986

U.S. and Honduran troops are scheduled to launch a new phase of joint military maneuvers in eastern Honduras along the Nicaraguan border in an area where U.S.-backed Nicaraguan rebels known as contras operate. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said that soldiers from Ft. Lewis, Wash., will parachute into remote areas of Gracias a Dios province. Honduran infantry troops will then join the paratroopers, and they will spend the rest of the month sweeping the jungle in simulated searches for guerrillas, the spokesman said. The United States has staged joint military maneuvers in Honduras since 1983.