The World : 16 U.S. Protesters Jailed

Sixteen Americans were jailed after staging demonstrations in Honduras against U.S. policy in Central America, authorities said. The protesters were arrested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa and at the air base at Palmerola, about 40 miles northwest of the capital, where 1,200 U.S. troops are stationed. A police spokesman said the protests were organized by a U.S.-based group called Project Independence and that the arrested Americans will probably be deported. In a similar protest in Guatemala City on Wednesday, four Americans threw blood on the steps of the U.S. Embassy and chained themselves to the gates of the compound. No arrests were reported there.