On July 14th, 1969, the year hippies realized the good times were over, El Salvador had a war with Honduras that lasted four days time. Many called it the 100 Hours War, but it is known by different names such as La Guerra del Futbol, or The Soccer War. Tensions between the two countries were already running high by the time their teams met at FIFA for the second North American qualifying round. As three grueling games between El Salvador and Honduras played out on the field, several extremely violent riots broke out amongst the fans. When the dust had settled El Salvador went home the victor and quickly proceeded to declare war against Honduras for the way their people had been treated. In what had to have been the most ghetto invasion the world has ever seen the Salvadoran "air force" commandeered civilian planes and strapped home made explosives to the sides to use as bombers. Not surprisingly the Honduran military was a little taken off guard. There were other reasons for the war. For many years Honduras had welcomed Salvadoran immigration. In land mass El Salvador to Honduras is like comparing Connecticut with New York, but with twice the population. This had worked out greatly for both countries until one day Honduras decided it wasn't going to do that anymore and began deporting Salvadorans en masse back across the border indiscriminately. Thus a war was fought. On July 18th, the Organization of American States negotiated a cease-fire that ended the fighting. It came too late to save the lives of 3,000 soldiers and the homes of more than 300,000 civilians. Thank you, soccer.
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On July 14th, 1969, the year hippies realized the good times were over, El Salvador had a war with Honduras that lasted four days time. Many called it the 100 Hours War, but it is known by different names such as La Guerra del Futbol, or The Soccer War. Tensions between the two countries were already running high by the time their teams met at FIFA for the second North American qualifying round. As three grueling games between El Salvador and Honduras played out on the field, several extremely violent riots broke out amongst the fans. When the dust had settled El Salvador went home the victor and quickly proceeded to declare war against Honduras for the way their people had been treated. In what had to have been the most ghetto invasion the world has ever seen the Salvadoran "air force" commandeered civilian planes and strapped home made explosives to the sides to use as bombers. Not surprisingly the Honduran military was a little taken off guard. There were other reasons for the war. For many years Honduras had welcomed Salvadoran immigration. In land mass El Salvador to Honduras is like comparing Connecticut with New York, but with twice the population. This had worked out greatly for both countries until one day Honduras decided it wasn't going to do that anymore and began deporting Salvadorans en masse back across the border indiscriminately. Thus a war was fought. On July 18th, the Organization of American States negotiated a cease-fire that ended the fighting. It came too late to save the lives of 3,000 soldiers and the homes of more than 300,000 civilians. Thank you, soccer.