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Mexico: Easter Revelers Burn Effigies of Donald Trump

HeadlineMar 28, 2016

In Mexico, people burned effigies of Donald Trump as part of an Easter ritual. Hundreds gathered in Mexico City to cheer on the incineration, which comes as part of a Holy Week tradition where effigies are burned representing Judas, who, according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus Christ. Artist Leonardo Felipe Linares, who made the Trump effigy, explained its significance.

Leonardo Felipe Linares: “If we talk strictly about Holy Week and the burning of Judas, we’re burning the traitor, Judas, the traitor. And Donald Trump is practically the same, right? A traitor, who knows very well that the working force of the United States is the Latino people. And that’s why he is burned, as well.”

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