BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- An advertisement on Argentine TV station TyC for the summer's Copa America Centenario tournament has used the words of U.S., presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The advertisement for the June 3-26 Copa America, being staged in the U.S., invoked the immigration rhetoric of the Republican front-runner for president.
Referencing comments about unwanted people entering the U.S. and border protection, the advertisement uses images of Argentina players stepping out of a plane.
Trump has called for building a border wall -- among other proposals to deal with unlawful immigration -- and pledged to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally.
In the advertisement, references to the wall are matched with images of Argentina's players beating defenders and scoring goals. And when Trump says, ''thousands of people are coming through the border, hundreds of thousands, and they're unchecked,'' it shows footage of chanting fans waving the white and sky blue Argentine flags and passing through the turnstiles at a stadium.
The image of a frowning Argentina captain Lionel Messi is paired with Trump's comments: ''These are not the sweet little people that you think, ok?''
And as Angel Di Maria hits the ball into the back of the net, Trump says: "These are total killers."
The advertisement ends with a warning in Spanish that reads: ''The truth is that the best that they can do is not let us in.''
The centenary of the Copa America takes place at 10 U.S. venues. This will be the first time in its 100-year history that Copa America, played every four years, is held outside South America.
Information from Associated Press was used in this report.