Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border Saturday and said that he will set up camp there.

This is amidst the advice of foreign leaders that he avoid any confrontation with the de facto government that ousted him in a coup last month.

Upon reaching the rural border with Nicaragua, Zelaya addressed a crowd of almost 300 supporters and journalists. He called on the Honduran government to let his family meet with him. He has been allowed to see his family since he was taken at gunpoint from his home in Honduras and deported to Costa Rica last June 28.

“Today we are going to set up camps here, with water and food. We are going to stay here this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow morning,” Zelaya said.

CNN reported that Zelaya’s wife, Xiomara Castro, said that she had been stopped at a roadblock on a highway leading to the border and that police and soldiers would not let her and others pass.

More than 50 Honduran soldiers and police are guarding the border crossing where Zelaya is set to camp. On Friday, Zelaya triumphantly lifted a chain marking the frontier and took a few strides into Honduran territory, where the interim government has charged him with violating the constitution and has vowed to arrest him. He retreated into Nicaragua less than 30 minutes later.

(via the Los Angeles Times)