Father remembers his son who died in Military Service: “My life became hell”

Hefather by oneyoung cuban died in theMilitary service remembered his anniversarydeath and assured that his life “became hell.”

“Today, July 4, two years since I lost my child in that misfortune of Military Service. It's hard, hard to wake up every day and see that empty bed. It is hard to go every Sunday to see you where you rest for two years. It's hard to leave your grave every Sunday for these two years and try not to look back. It's hard. My life became hell. EPD my child. “I love you and I will always love you,” he wrote this Tuesday on his Instagram profile.Facebook Félix Alfredo González, father of Annier Gonzáles,who committed suicide in 2021 with a rifle that was given to him to serve as a guard at the Combinado del Sur prison, in Matanzas.

Also in your profileFacebook The troubled father commented this Monday that he had seen the publication of the new Military Penal Codeand the five-year penalty for evading it, and he asked himself that “how many years have they given the officers responsible for the deaths of all these adolescents who have lost their lives in those institutions, when our children are forcibly taken for Military Service?”

Likewise, he reiterated that it is the responsibility of these officers to respond for the physical integrity of these adolescents and that "they have to know which one is prepared to fulfill any function, to carry a weapon, so that they do not injure themselves or do it to another."

“There are sufficient laws and regulations so that extraordinary events do not occur and when they do occur they are always violations,” he further noted.

González considered that “our children, when they are in Military Service, are disposable and no one responds. I say this from experience".

González confirmed at the end of 2021 toCyberCuba that his son's death was a suicide and that his son was not sufficiently prepared to carry a firearm.

"They put him on guard duty in the Combined towers without ever having had a rifle in his hands and they left him alone and it seems that he became panicked or anxious and took his life. After only 13 days there and 12 days in isolation they killed him." , he said.

He also explained that in the Combinado del Sur penitentiary center they subjected him to a period of isolation, as a coronavirus prevention measure, and when it was found that he was not infected,On July 4, he was sent to a three-story high tower to keep watch. That same day he took his life.

The father assured that the young man had no history of mental illness. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that although one of the main causes of suicide in the world is depression, "many cases occur in people who commit it impulsively in crisis situations in which their ability to cope with the stresses of life, such as financial problems, relationship breakdowns, or chronic pain and illness, is impaired.

In Cuba Military Service has been mandatory since 1963 for men. Trying to evade it can mean facing a penalty, now much higher after the approval of the new Military Penal Code.

Historically, there are many Cuban families who have lost children during this military period and have been traumatized forever.

Last May, it was also known thatAnother young Cuban committed suicide while serving in Active Military Service (SMA) in Cuba, in what constitutes a new case of recruits taking their lives within the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Less than two weeks ago, in addition, it emergedthe death of a young Cuban while performing Military Service in the Anti-Aircraft UnitHolguin, in an event that an official source described as an "accident."

“They tell us that the accident occurred when a generating set was being moved and the deceased tripped in front of the wheels of the equipment, and it ran over him”, reported inFacebook el perfil officialista Maximus Romus (Legionario Cubano).

The victim, identified as Ennier Hechavarría Silva, was rushed to the hospital after what happened, but died shortly after.