Malvinas: they identified the soldier number 114, who is buried in Darwin

The Secretary for Human Rights of the nation confirmed today the
identification of the body of the soldier correntino Ramón Antonio Meza killed in the war of

Malvinas

and buried in the Darwin cemetery since February 1983 under the caption: "Argentine soldier only known to God".

Ramón's mother, Delia Bernardina Meza, and her brothers, Juan and Jesús, received the news of a positive identification after a private meeting with human rights officials.

With Meza, there are already 114, out of a total of 122, the bodies identified since the humanitarian mission commissioned to the International Red Cross by the Argentine and British governments, and which has benefited from the remarkable work of the Argentinean team. Forensic Anthropology (EAAF).

Secretary for Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism of the Nation,

Claudio Avruj,

He said: "In the Falklands' humanitarian plan, we have taken the government's commitment and we have pursued it relentlessly.A few days ago, I was in Geneva, where this initiative has been recognized as an example of dialogue and respect for international humanitarian law, allowing us answers of this magnitude to the families of our heroes ".

"I recently met with the UK's ambbadador, Mark Kent, and the Missing Families Commission in Malvinas, with whom we have very close relationships, to continue to deepen the work that allows us to to reach all the identifications, "he added. Avruj.

Meza, the courageous and romantic soldier

Ramón Meza belonged to the Argentine Navy and served in the command battalion of this force. He had arrived in the Falklands in the early days of April 1982 and died on May 1 by a bomb dropped from a fighter plane over the airport.

"He had a picture of his girlfriend and we showed it all the time, he said that she was very pretty, that he was going to marry her and that she was going to be the mother of her children. has stuck to his chest, "recalled his former teammate and veteran, Ramon Mendoza. "We all wondered who was going to announce to his girlfriend that Ramón had died, that he had died among the stones after the bombing of the British planes, while the frigates in the middle of the sea were still bombarding us. my FAL? Impossible, everything was a pain and a tremendous helplessness ,? said Mendoza recently during a tribute to Corrientes.

Meza died as a result of his injuries caused by the blast of a delayed bomb thrown by a Vulcan plane over Malvinas airport. That day 21 bombs of 1,000 kilos fell in this area.

The Chamamé who immortalized "Los Ramones"

Meza is one of the 50 correntino soldiers killed during the war. He received various tributes and a plaque at the school No. 471 of Curuzú Cuatiá, where he studied. In addition, on 16 and 17 November, a national meeting between the infantry members who operated with 12.7 mm machine guns during the war is scheduled. There will be more than a hundred veterans from different parts of the country. This meeting will be named after Ramón Meza.

Since he was immortalized, everyone has seen Ramón Meza in Corrientes, along with other fallen soldiers like Ramón Gumersindo Acosta, Esteban Fernández, Diego Ferreira, Catalina Miranda and Roberto Baruzzo, in a camouflage called "Los Ramones ", by Julian Zinni and Mario Bofill.

Worms dedicated to his memory remember him like this:

Wow … the Ramón Antonio Meza

Sanluiseño in love,

He died squeezing the photo

of his beloved darling.

Cute on the inside and on the outside,

always happy, always beautiful,

with your big smile

even if they come with the throat.

For all our Ramones,

by his field teacher,

by so many mothers

of this "long country pain";

Dream of his old dream

my heart cheated

continues to shout: "Present!

Long live the fatherland, the boys! "