Kamar de los Reyes, the face, voice, and motion capture actor who brought Raul Menendez to life,

Who delivered a legendary performance, to solidify Raul Menendez as the greatest villain in the entire history of the Call of Duty franchise, up there with Makarov (og MW3), General Shepherd (og MW2), and Dragovich (BO1),

Who sadly passed away on Dec 24th, 2023 due to cancer,

Has not yet received an official tribute from Treyarch, Call of Duty, Activision, or Xbox, despite his legendary performance.

 

(The following comparisons are solely for the purpose of proving that it is entirely possible for Activision, Xbox to create incredibly beautiful tributes to Kamar de los Reyes) 

 

However, Activision, Xbox had no problem recasting Menendez without first paying tribute to the original actor, during the marketing, the campaign, and credits of Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

 

This comes as a shock because during marketing, Activision, Xbox made sure to acknowledge the recasting of, the now sadly, late legendary voice actor, Tom Kane [Takeo Masaki], when he was unable to reprise his role for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 due to a stroke.

Nelson Lee [Takeo Masaki in Black Ops 7], has done an incredible job as Takeo in Black Ops 7,  but before that, he gave a touching tribute to Tom Kane, who was unable to reprise his role at that time.

https://x.com/Treyarch/status/1969114383705059830

"I cannot begin to express my excitement and gratitude for being entrusted with the iconic role of Takeo. This character’s incredible history within the Zombies universe was only made possible by the performances of the incomparable Tom Kane.

"The weight of Tom’s legacy as Takeo is not lost upon me, and his work can never be replaced. All I can do is provide my humble take on this beloved character, and as a huge COD fan myself, I can’t wait for you to play as this new version of Takeo in November." - Nelson Lee

 

Tom Kane sadly suffered a stroke in November of 2020.

Kamar de los Reyes sadly passed on Dec 24th, 2023 due to cancer.

Activision, Xbox could have easily done something similar with heartfelt words from Jesse Corti [Raul Menendez in Black Ops 7], especially since they likely approved of plans for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 to follow Call of Duty Black Ops 6, before BO6's release date on Oct 25th, 2024.

 

The legendary voice actor Tom Kane sadly passed away on May 18th, 2026.

Just recently as June 25th, 2026, the late legendary voice actor Tom Kane [Takeo Masaki], received both, beautiful in-game tributes for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 in the amazing zombies map Kowakujo, and heartfelt tributes from official Call of Duty social accounts. 

The map Kowakujo (and even before that, the decision to bring back Takeo Masaki, despite the original voice actor's health complications), was likely approved of, before Call of Duty Black Ops 7's release date of November 14th, 2026, and they were able to add this incredible tribute to Tom Kane, before the map officially released on June 25th, 2026. This implies that within about a month of his passing, Activision was able to create beautiful in-game tributes, and heartfelt social media posts for Tom Kane.

 

Kamar de los Reyes sadly passed on Dec 24th, 2023 due to cancer.

The decision to use Raul Menendez for Call of Duty Black Ops 7, was likely approve of before BO6's release date on Oct 25th, 2024, since Activision approved BO7 to follow BO6. 

 

Given this information, and the incredibly beautiful tributes made for Tom Kane, this implies that Activision, Xbox had more than enough time to create beautiful in-game tributes for Call of Duty Black Ops 7 for Kamar de los Reyes, create heartfelt tributes from official Call of Duty social accounts for Kamar de los Reyes, post heartfelt words from Jesse Corti [Raul Menendez in Black Ops 7] about Kamar de los Reyes, and finally create a fully voiced Raul Menendez Operator.

 

Mind you, Raul Menendez is the only human character from a boss fight, from the Call of Duty Black Op 7 Campaign that is unplayable as an operator.

Raul Menendez - Unplayable

Priya Zaveri - Playable

Mike Harper - Playable (although his giant form isn't playable)

Dr. Falkner - Playable

Razor - Playable

Kagan - Playable (although you do not fight her directly)

Dorne's Bum Ass - Playable (although you do no fight him directly)

 

Additionally,

Raul Menendez is on Treyarch's 30th anniversary shirt, yet no official tribute to Kamar de los Reyes

Call of Duty Black Ops 2, was recently ported to the PS5, yet no official tribute to Kamar de los Reyes

Most of the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 multiplayer maps mention Raul Menendez, yet no official tribute to Kamar de los Reyes

Raul Menendez is just a skin for an operator in Call of Duty Black Ops 6, yet no official tribute to Kamar de los Reyes 

Raul Menendez is still the face of Call of Duty Vanguard, which recently got added to Xbox Game pass, yet no official tribute to Kamar de los Reyes

 

"Los Americanos no saben nada sobre la lealtad. Quizas nosotros..............deberiamos demostrarle."

Translation:

"The Americans know nothing about loyalty. Maybe we..........should show them."

 

I ask everyone share their favorite Raul Menendez moments, or Kamar de los Reyes moments in general, in the comments of this petition, and to share this petition.

 

I ask Activision, Xbox, Treyarch, Call of Duty, please give Kamar de los Reyes an official tribute.

 

(No Generative AI was used to create this petition)