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category: Military
summary: Lopez Carballo was identified in a Spanish publication, *Publico.es*, as
  the 'designer of the military strategy of the coup d'etat' that ousted President
  Manuel Zelaya in Honduras on June 28, 2009.
tags:
- Person
- Military
- General
---

[General Daniel Lopez Carballo](/people/general-daniel-lopez-carballo/) was a retired Honduran General and a member of FGBMFI ([Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International](/organizations/full-gospel-business-mens-fellowship-international/)). He was a keynote speaker at a FGBMFI dinner event in Fresno, [California](/places/california/), in February 2008, alongside [Jimmy Hughes](/people/jimmy-hughes/).[^1]

Lopez Carballo was identified in a Spanish publication, *Publico.es*, as the "designer of the military strategy of the coup d'etat" that ousted President [Manuel Zelaya](/people/manuel-zelaya/) in [Honduras](/places/honduras/) on June 28, 2009. He, along with [Romeo Vasquez Velasquez](/people/romeo-vasquez-velasquez/), placed [Roberto Micheletti](/people/roberto-micheletti/) in office as Zelaya's successor. Lopez Carballo justified the coup by stating that Venezuelan President [Hugo Chavez](/people/hugo-chavez/) would eventually be running [Honduras](/places/honduras/) by proxy if the military had not acted.[^1]

Lopez Carballo had been trained at the [U.S. Army School of the Americas](/organizations/us-army-school-of-the-americas/) (SOA/WHINSEC), attending at least twice, in 1976 and 1984. He was also mentioned as a friend of [Jimmy Hughes](/people/jimmy-hughes/), who ministers to the military and trains military personnel in [Honduras](/places/honduras/).[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.