A 14-year-old boy , who was so badly beaten by bullies that he spent the next 16 months in hospital with brain damage , has died after fulfilling his last wish - to see the sea . Antonio de Jesus Lopez Monje was attacked by a group of older boys from his school as he walked home in Amozoc , central Mexico . They beat him in a 'mindless and sickening ' attack - and he was taken to hospital with a blood clot in the brain and subsequently went into a coma . A Mexican boy who was so badly beaten he spent the next 16 months in hospital with brain damage , has died . Antonio de Jesus Lopez Monje was attacked by a group of older boys from his school as he walked home in Amozoc , central Mexico . After surgery , he came out of the coma but was left with severe brain damage which had paralysed half of his body and left him with memory loss . Nine operations later , surgeons found that he was partially brain dead and had lost 60 % of his sight in the vicious attack . Antonio 's devastated father Roberto Castro Barranco said : 'For so long we had been clinging onto the faintest hope that he would come through and come back to us . 'But when we heard that his condition was worsening we were worried even more , and started to believe that all the medical help was not doing much for him . ' Despite nine operations , surgeons found that he was partially brain dead and had lost 60 % of his sight . When his condition began to worsen , his family discharged him against medical advice so he could see the sea . He added : 'He wanted one thing and that was to be by the sea . 'He longed to feel the waves , touch the sand and smell the sea breeze . 'So eventually we decided to take him out of hospital to give him that . ' Against medical advice , Antonio was discharged and went to stay with his grandmother in Ensenada , a coastal city in north-western Mexico . He died three months later . Mr Barranco added : 'Because of this mindless and sickening attack we have lost the most precious thing to us , the life of our beautiful son . ' I hope the creatures who did this rot in hell . ' Seven youths are awaiting trial for Antonio 's murder . Three months after moving to Ensenada , a coastal city in north-western Mexico , to stay with his grandmother , the 14-year-old died .
Antonio de Jesus Lopez Monje was attacked by a group of older boys . He was left with severe brain damage which paralysed half of his body . When he began to worsen , family discharged him against medical advice . The 14-year-old went to live with his grandmother by the sea and died the next 16 months .