Father of Jesus Suarez (first soldier to die in combat during the Second Gulf War), Fenando has become a vocal critic of the war.

From Flashpoints ... Of the first ten Californians to die in combat in Iraq five were non-citizens. While much fanfare was paid to George W. Bush's executive order offering citizenship to those who enlist, big media's cameras were turned away when Fernando Suarez del Solar, father of Jesus, angrily rejected the offer of posthumous citizenship for his son. The father of the slain twenty-year-old resented sending a young man into battle who was not even allowed to vote. In a letter published online last month, the grieving father spoke out against the war makers and called for people around the world to unite for peace.