Mario Aleksej Gongora Hečavarija

Mario Aleksej Gongora Hečavarija, a 30-year-old Cuban, left his eleven-year-old daughter behind when he traveled to Russia in September 2023, lured by promises of a well-paying carpentry job. His mother, Niurka, expressed her anguish after losing contact with him in March 2024, fearing that he had been deceived and forced into combat in Ukraine.