Donald Trump News: Mexicans burn effigies of Donald Trump during the Easter rituals
Mexicans celebrating an Easter ritual have burnt effigies of U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald J Trump, whose anti-immigrant views have sparked outrage at the south of the American border.
In one of Mexico city's neighbourhood, hundreds of residents yelled various insults as they watched the explosion of the grinning mock-up of the real estate tycoon, with his trademark tuft of blond hair. The burning is part of a widespread Mexican tradition where neighbourhoods burn effigies.
The effigies are often modeled on unpopular political figures. "Since he started his campaign and began talking about immigrants, Mexico, and Mexicans, I said 'I've got to get this guy,'" said an artisan who crafted Trump and whose family has been making those effigies for more than 50 years.
Trump, the front-runner to win the Republican nominations for the Nov. 8 election, has drawn fire in Mexico with his campaign in a vow to build a wall along the southern U.S. border to keep out illegal immigrants and drugs, and to make Mexico pay for it.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said his country will not pay a single penny for the wall terming the republican front runner to the likes of Hitler and Mussolini.
Trump, has accused Mexico of sending rapists and drug runners across the border and also determined to increase fees on Mexican visas and all border crossing cards to help make Mexico pay for the wall.
