Editing Football War (section)

=== Border skirmishes ===
On 3 July, Salvadoran [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] fired on a civilian [[Douglas DC-3]] in Honduran airspace, causing the [[Honduran Air Force]] ({{Langx|es|Fuerza Aérea Hondureña}}'','' FAH) to scramble two [[North American T-28 Trojan]]s<ref>{{Cite web |last=Serventi Merlo |first=Manuele |date=2017-09-04 |title=La guerra aerea e "del calcio" del 1969 |trans-title=The air and "football" war of 1969 |url=https://www.difesaonline.it/news-forze-armate/storia/la-guerra-aerea-e-del-calcio-del-1969 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Difesa Online |language=it}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |last2=Coelich |first2=March |date=1 September 2003 |title=El Salvador vs Honduras, 1969: The 100-Hour War |url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_156.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805043329/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_156.shtml |archive-date=5 August 2013 |access-date=16 July 2024 |url-status=usurped |website=Air Combat Information Group}}</ref> and forces stationed near the border town of El Poy to briefly clash.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 1969 |title=Latin soccer dispute leads to armed crash |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgFYAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA1&article_id=1856,3340787 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]] |pages=1 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=United Press International}}</ref> The same day, a [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee]], used by the [[Salvadoran Air Force]] ({{langx|es|Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña}}, FAS) as a [[reconnaissance plane]], was intercepted, but managed to escape capture.<ref name=":11" /> 

At the request of the Honduran foreign minister, the OAS held an emergency meeting the following day, where it was decided that the organization would "postpone any action of its own" and have the neighboring nations of [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], and [[Guatemala]] mediate the situation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 1969 |title=OAS Steps In To Cool Fued |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5MoAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA2&article_id=5818,998132 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[The Deseret News]] |pages=2 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=United Press International}}</ref> Honduras and El Salvador were also both urged to "avoid any action that might further endanger the situation".<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 1969 |title=Mediation Plan Endorsed by OAS |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CIpjAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA7&article_id=3119,546133 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[The_Telegraph_(Nashua,_New_Hampshire)|Nashua Telegraph]] |pages=7 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> However, the OAS resolution did little to reduce tensions as skirmishes continued. 

On 5 July, El Salvador claimed that two Honduran platoons had crossed the border.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 1969 |title=Salvador Traps 'Invadors' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCUSAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA32&article_id=1780,1998072 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |pages=3 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On 12 July, Honduras claimed that four Salvadoran soldiers had been killed in an incursion, something which El Salvador dismissed as part of a "continuing campaign of distortion of the truth".<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 1969 |title=San Salvador Denies Loss Of 4 Soldiers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV9cAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA93&article_id=2642,4173827 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[The Vindicator|The Youngstown Vindicator]] |page=D-13 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On 13 July, six Honduran civilians were injured during another skirmish at El Poy, in which both sides exchanged [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] fire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1969 |title=Honduras Border Clash Continues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScpRAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA1&article_id=2458,1875887 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |pages=1 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 July 1969 |title=Honduras, El Salvador exchange fire across border |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgFYAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+border&pg=PA5&article_id=1160,3916252 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=The Bulletin |pages=5 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=United Press International}}</ref>