SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® )   – Carlos Castillo is a 43-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guadalajara, Mexico who makes a living making and selling piñatas from a make-shift sidewalk stall in San Francisco’s Mission district.

A piñata  is a container often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth; it is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Celebrants are blindfolded before given the chance to break the piñata with a stick or baseball bat.

Until recently, Castillo could barely get by, making no more than $10 a day selling piñatas.

But things have completely turned around for Castillo, since Republican candidate Donald Trump launched his tirade against Mexicans, calling them rapists, criminals and drug addicts, vowing to deport undocumented immigrants and building a great wall along the southern border if he is elected president of the United States.

Castillo started making piñatas to the likeness of Trump and selling them at his stall.

To his surprise, business suddenly boomed and his Trump piñatas have practically been on back order since two weeks ago.  He sells small Trump piñatas for $14 and large ones for $20.  Sticks or bats cost extra.

Other piñata vendors are reporting similar experiences as Castillo’s.

Castillo told The Adobo Chronicles that he is very grateful for Trump’s anti-Mexican statements which have helped his business a whole lot.  “Apparently, many of my customers can’t wait to lay their sticks on Trump,” he said.

“If ever I become a U.S. citizen, I will definitely vote for Trump,” Castillo said.