Josefina Menendez

"¿Que es esto? ¿Un monstruo?"

- (What is this? A monster?) PDF Soldier

Josefina Menendez is a character that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Biography
Josefina was the sister of Raul Menendez. In 1973, she and her brother, Raul, were trapped inside a barn that was torched by an American for insurance scam; when she opened a barn door that separate a burning section from the non-burning section they were in, the rush of oxygen fueled the flame caused a firestorm that horrifically burned and disfigured her. Josefina became Raul's purpose of living and being very well taken care of for the rest of her life until September 25th, 1986.

On that day, several PDF soldiers under the order of Manuel Noriega burst into the Menendez villa and restrained Raul while one of the soldiers, seeing Josefina's deformity, knocked her unto the ground. Enraged by this, Raul killed the soldier but was also knocked down after doing so and rendered unconscious by an injection. Josefina was left inside the villa while the soldiers took her brother away and prepared to burn the villa down.

Josefina kept screaming from the villa as it was burned which motivated Raul to escape from the soldiers after waking up and get back to her. When he reached the burning hallway that led into their room, he was confronted by Hudson, Woods and Mason. Raul broke for the room but Hudson restrained him. An outraged Woods threw a grenade which was knocked off course by Mason so as not to kill Hudson and Raul but instead bounced into the room which Josefina was in. Raul broke free and chased the grenade inside the room. Josefina died in the explosion, but Raul survived and managed to escape, thanks to Noriega. Josefina's death fueled Raul's desire to take vengeance on America and, to a more personal level, Woods and Mason.

Trivia

 * Her face is never seen on her 3D model in game. It's only seen directly during a video cutscene after being burned and disfigured, and briefly during the level Time and Fate via Menendez's visions showing Josefina before disfigurement.