Sometime around 1940, the game spread in the lockups of Mexico City, with Lecumberri—a prison whose very architecture echoed the geometry of the poleana board — likely serving as its initial ...
MEXICO CITY — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City's Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins nearly 80 men under a park pavilion to play poleana, a board game requiring mental dexterity ...
People play poleana, a board game invented in prison, before a tournament in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico ...
People play poleana, a board game invented in prison, before a tournament in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A board game with ancient roots that established ... shed the stigma of being merely a pastime for prisoners. Poleana requires mental dexterity, rapid calculations and is ...
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