From our Bureau of Twenty-First Century Neocolonialism with some assistance from our Bureau of Mercenary Children
Due to the smokescreen intentionally created by Grand Putinia and Castro, Inc., no one knows for sure how many Cubans are fighting in Ukraine, or how old they are.
That same smokescreen is also preventing the parents of those mercenaries from knowing if their sons are dead or alive.
The story below focuses on two parents who fear the worst after their very, very young sons suddenly became unreachable. Take a good look at those faces in the image above. How old are those boys? 13? 14? 15?
Russia’s recruitment of young Cubans –which involves a great deal of deceit according to these two missing boy soldiers– surely counts as human trafficking, and perhaps also as the exploitation of children. Castro, Inc.’s cooperation in this venture adds yet another item to the list of their crimes against humanity.
Watch this video interview of the two boys featured in this story (in Spanish).
From Yahoo News
The parents of two Cuban teenagers who were lured into fighting in Ukraine say they haven’t heard from their sons in weeks. Alex Rolando Vegas Díaz and Andorf Antonio Velázquez García, both 19, flew to Russia in late August with promises of “construction work” and better pay in Russia, their parents said.
The pair were expecting construction jobs, but were instead handed weapons and sent to man Russia’s third line of defense, where they fainted from dehydration and malnourishment, they told Cuban-American influencer Alain Lambert in an interview in late August.
Now they’re both missing.
“The last time I heard of my son, he was held as a prisoner in a cell with the other boy and about to be sent back to the front line,” Mario Velázquez, Andorf’s father, told Insider.
Velázquez says he’s sent his son countless WhatsApp messages, which he said were never marked as seen. “I don’t know if he’s still alive now,” Velázquez said. “Russia has him now. This is madness. I’ve never felt so on edge. This is a real nightmare.”
Velázquez also said he’s reached out to Cuba’s government, its president, and the Cuban embassy in Mexico, where he now lives — but all in vain. “I can’t sleep, I can’t eat — I don’t know what I’m going to do anymore,” he said, adding: “This story has to end one way or another, and whoever is responsible for this must pay.”
Cary Díaz, Alex’s mother, said she and her family have suffered since they heard her son was being sent back to the front lines. She declined to give further comments.
García and Díaz are among the more than 1,000 Cubans who may have been recruited to fight in Ukraine, the Miami-based Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, or FHRC, told Insider.
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