**Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is trying to leave Brazil’s embassy in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, and fly to exile in Mexico, sources say.**Mr Zelaya has been in the embassy for almost three months in his attempt to return to office.
He was removed from power in June and forced into exile but later returned.
Porfirio Lobo won presidential polls late last month and Congress voted not to allow Mr Zelaya to serve out his last two months of office.
‘Electoral fraud’
Sources close to Mr Zelaya say he wants to leave the country but it is not confirmed whether he will be allowed safe passage.
However, the Associated Press news agency quoted the head of the Honduran Civil Aviation Authority as saying a Mexican plane was en route to pick up Mr Zelaya.
The agency also quoted a Honduran foreign ministry spokesman as saying a safe-conduct pass had been signed.
Mr Zelaya returned to Honduras from exile on 21 September and has been staying at the Brazilian embassy to avoid arrest.
He described the presidential elections as “electoral fraud”.
After his victory, Mr Lobo pledged to form a unity government and seek dialogue.
He also urged the international community to “understand the Honduran reality and stop punishing the country”.
Several Latin American nations, including Brazil, refused to recognise the elections.
Mr Zelaya was forced into exile on 28 June after trying to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, aimed to remove the current one-term presidency limit and pave the way for his possible re-election.
Mr Zelaya has repeatedly denied this and pointed out that it would have been impossible to change the constitution before his term in office expired on 27 January.