A football war?

There have long been tensions between Honduras and El Salvador as overpopulation and economic difficulties forced many Salvadorians to Honduras. It didn’t become better of the civil war in El Salvador, which forced a further flow of refugees across the border. Whenever there are some disagreements between the two countries, a popular action from the Honduran side is to arrest a bunch of exile-Salvadorians and deport them back to their country. In 1969, when El Salvador played Honduras in the qualifications for the football world cup, the Salvadorians decided to take revenge from a recent deportation of 500 Salvadorians and thereby attacked the visiting fans from Honduras. This led to thousands more evictions and a severe political crisis, which was followed by El Salvador invading Honduran territory and bombing their airports. The military conflict is today referred to as the football war. Sometimes these people are just soo stupid.