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Punks hand out toys to children in need for Epiphany in Mexico City

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Punks hand out toys to children in need for Epiphany in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As a teenage punk 35 years ago, José Luis Escobar Hoyos wanted to teach his mother that his lifestyle wasn’t all about wearing chains and spikes and listening to loud, sped-up music.

So he started a project called Kings Punks, where he collected and distributed toys for children living on the streets on Epiphany Day, also known as Epiphany, when children in Mexico typically receive gifts from the three wise men.

“The basis of punk is mutual support and solidarity,” he said on Sunday evening when the gift campaign was in full swing.

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Over the years, many volunteers have joined him. Wearing black T-shirts of their favorite bands, black boots and shiny piercings, the punks handed out scooters, dinosaurs and other gifts to children on the streets of the Mexican capital on Monday morning.

“Interacting with children and the way you get attached to them and support them is priceless,” says Escobar, known locally as El Picos. “If we tell people we don’t want diplomas, recognition or whatever, we’re punks and that’s why we do it.”

In recent years, Escobar has expanded beyond the places where Mexican families he knows are living on the streets, including some migrant camps in Mexico City.

Lucha libre wrestler Peter Punk – black tights and green and white mask – also joined in, taking part in short sidewalk wrestling battles at each stop. Volunteers also hang a candy-filled piñata for kids to bash on.

One of the volunteers is shoemaker Marcos Grande. This year he brought seven pairs of his boots to give away.

“The satisfaction of the children, bringing them a gift, a joy because many children do not have it, that is what gives satisfaction, taking it where sometimes it does not reach, where they do not have the three kings, but now they are friends here , the group, the punks,” he said.

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