Donald Trump Once Got Fleeced in Mexico, and He’s Still Very Angry

Behind the headlines over his Mexico-bashing remarks is a legal dispute between the billionaire presidential candidate and two Mexican businessmen who, Trump says, owe him millions from the the 2007 Miss Universe pageant.

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Maryland Republican Party's 25th Annual Red, White & Blue Dinner on June 23, 2015 at the BWI Airport Marriott in Linthicum, Maryland.

Photographer: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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Donald Trump has a Mexico problem.

No, not that one -- a $12 million one involving the 2007 Miss Universe pageant.