(Cuba, /WVEE ) – A woman in Cuba has apparently been caught on camera forcing her son to get a tattoo.

The shocking footage of the incident was posted online over the weekend and shows the mother holding down her traumatized 3-year year old son, while he is apparently given a tattoo.

Heartbreaking to watch, the helpless little boy screams in agony as the needle is stuck into his arm.

At one point,  the woman says “Mira, Mira” which is  ’look, look’ in Spanish as her child tries desperately to escape her clutches.

It is not clear from the video what the tattoo was.