Around this time of year, Leonardo Linares likes to get hold of a contentious politician or venal public official, stuff him full of explosives and set him alight.
This year, the honour will be granted to Donald Trump.
Linares, like four generations of his family before him, is an artisan in Mexico City who specialises in making papier-mache “Judas” figures to be burned in an Easterweekend tradition enacting Jesus Christ’s victory over evil.
Generally his effigies portray prominent Mexicans, but this year, Linares decided to look north: Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican comments made him “an ideal candidate” for Judas, he said.
“With all of the stupid things he has said about Mexicans, I thought people would like to see him burning as Judas,” said Linares.