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Article snippet: An increasing number of political figures in Mexico are attacking the U.S. president to buttress their own political careers. On a visit to Washington on Monday, Mexican Congressman Braulio Guerra a took time away from his busy schedule of meetings with U.S. lawmakers and business leaders to sue President Trump at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights for “seeking to destroy the planet.” Presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a populist left-of-center firebrand, sued Trump in January at the United Nations over alleged human rights violations stemming from Trump's immigration enforcement policies. Former President Vicente Fox has also joined in the fray, going viral on social media with a series of videos panning Trump for his proposal to build a wall between the two countries. Experts say the rhetoric from south of the border is bound to increase as the Mexican campaign season ramps up. “There's just no doubt that in the context of Mexican presidential elections next year, that when the U.S. president says things like, ‘Mexico will pay for the wall,’ that candidates will respond,” said Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the Woodrow Wilson Institute’s Mexico Center. “The candidate that responds with less vehemence will be losing out,” Wilson said. Some wonder whether the rhetoric will damage ties between the two countries, which have steadily improved since their low point in January, when Peña Nieto canceled a visit to Washington ove... Link to the full article to read more