After the Ukrainian recruiter approved my application, I left Guatemala for Colombia, from there to Spain, then to Poland, and from Poland I came to Ukraine.

In my homeland, I already had basic military experience, served in the army, and in Ukraine I received much more thorough military training. I fought in the assault infantry in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. It is important that we had the support of drones and artillery. My last combat mission was to storm enemy trenches. We took the trenches, defended the position, and then help arrived, and we evacuated.

In Ukraine, I felt supported both in battle and outside of it. Here I was accepted as a relative, as one of my own. Ukrainians support you, when you are with them, you feel good company. They accepted me as if I were part of a Ukrainian family.

I urge my compatriots to come and support Ukraine, which is repelling the Russian invasion. The biggest advice I want to give to foreign volunteers is to come morally and physically prepared. Because this is a war.