Déjà vu: the return of border volleyball

Way back in September we told you of how Californians and Mexicans played impromptu matches of border volleyball on a beach with a 20-foot-tall fence that stretches along a usually deserted beach.

Now border volleyball made its triumphant return several days ago when residents of Naco, Arizona and Naco, Mexico played as part of a goodwill festival between both towns. The fence along the border between both towns served as the net for the games which were enjoyed with the intermittent presence of the Border Patrol.

Jose Lorenzo Villegas- the mayor of Naco, Mexico- made a very astute observation which highlights the camaraderie between both “teams”:

"What's unusual is that both the Mexican and U.S. teams are playing at home, with the fence as the net."

The area around Naco is infamous for being a popular area of crossing across the border as well as the location where a Border Patrol agent killed a migrant in March.

Links- The Latin Americanist, Stuff.co.nz, International Herald Tribune

Image- Palm Beach Post (Fence between Naco, Arizona and Naco, Mexico)