Unoffensive Animal

Daniel ”Des” Sanchez Estrada is convicted for moving a box of anarchist zines. On June 23th Des was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, for “corruptly concealing a document or record”. The trial is a political witch hunt, in which the Trump administration is targeting people for being so called ”antifa”.

Des is one of 19 people who was arrested in the so called Prairieland Case, in which defendants as of now is sentenced to more than a total of 562 years in prison, for what allegedly happened around a solidarity noise demo outside the ICE Prairieland detention centre in Alvarado Texas on 4th July 2025. People came to the noise demo to show solidarity with the immigrants and detainees inside the ICE centre, and now they and others are facing decades in prison. There are a lot more details regarding the bogus case and trial, and all is not said and done for the defendants. Read more in the links below.

Des where not at the noise demo at the ICE detention centre. He was arrested two days after and accused of transporting ”antifa materials” (a box of zines), and of being part of a (fictitious) “North Texas Antifa Cell”. Also Des is currently on an ICE hold, and he has been publicly doxxed by fascists.

At the trial Des said:

“I worked really hard every day in this country, and I believe in human rights and helping others in need. I donate money and art to help animals and other people… I am a father, I am a husband, I am a teacher, a poet — I am many things, Your Honor, but I am not a terrorist.”

There are several ways to support Des.

1. Write letters.

You can write to Des at the following address. (Please consider the guidelines for writing letters to his current address)

Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, #95099-511

FMC Fort Worth Federal Medical Center

PO Box 15330 Fort Worth,

Texas 76119

USA

Guidelines: ”Write only in blue or black ink. No stickers, glitter, or whiteout. Include his first and last name as well as ID number, page numbers, date, and a return address at the top of each sheet. An example for the top of each page could look like this: First Name, Last Name, ID Number Page Number X/X Date Return Address All correspondence is read, scanned, and cataloged by facility staff. Do not say anything you don’t want read on Fox News or in court about you or Des.”

2. Donate.

You can donate money to help Des and his family using this fundraiser: https://fundrazr.com/c2kL18

For more information about Des and the Prairieland Case, see:

Free Des! Free them all!

SOLIDARITY IS OUR STRONGEST WEAPON

“As the months have passed I’ve become quieter and more withdrawn. I suppose those are normal effects after spending a fairly prolonged period in prison.

I hadn’t written for a while because I hadn’t felt like it and because I felt I’d already said what I needed to politically. But I have never stopped receiving shows of support, solidarity actions and other gestures. That is why I write these words.

First of all: about three months ago I was moved out of my old unit, 3C; punished, and sent to what is considered one of the two punishment units in the prison: “Gallery 12”. A kind of underworld within the prison underworld, governed by the church, who pronounce the gendarme’s decisions as if they were one of them, under the cover of evangelical faith. A very crazy and violent place, more so than anyone would imagine. Fortunately, through previous connections you pick up over the months inside, I got through it without major incident, but under quite intense psychological pressure.

After a couple of weeks I was moved to Street 5, a ward that is generally decent, where you can get through day-to-day life with some calm, and where I was received by people from common criminality with whom I’ve formed good bonds, and where I found a few comrades from the struggle, which has been a mental and spiritual relief.

I’ve been applying for a transfer to Colina 1 for several months to be with other long-standing comrades and to seek better chances of shortening my sentence, since it’s easier to apply for benefits and such from Colina 1. Last week I signed the confirmation of this transfer, so I’m awaiting the move, which is imminent.

These past months have been marked by an influx of convicted comrades arriving at this kidnapping centre known as the prison, specifically the comrades from the 6 July case and comrade Lucas Hernández, who has been subjected to an impressive amount of police bullying, obstructing any proper classification and leaving him in the other punishment section, “Heavenly Hell”, Street 4, arbitrarily and permanently, in evident revenge for the significance of his case. Lucas has kept their head high and resisted this stoically, without bending his combative spirit. I send him my respects and embraces, and call for active solidarity with his situation.

With my transfer imminent, I also call for participation in fund‑raising initiatives, as all these transfers between units, losses of essential items, lawyer fees and parcels have been very costly and are being covered by my partner and my family. Therefore I call on all anti‑speciesists to show up and ease this situation.

Regarding my integrity, I can only say I remain vegan, I remain straight edge and I am more anarchic than ever, and under any pressure or circumstance I will remain so, because many years ago I signed in blood my commitment to this war against multiform domination.

My eyes still light up when I see images of the arson I am accused of and for which I fully and proudly accept intent. I still sigh with joy when I see its echo in other territories and times.

For that reason I send an incendiary greeting to the anti‑speciesist “anarchist flamethrowers” who torched the trucks of the Paris Terroir slaughterhouse in France.

Another affectionate show of support to the Animal Liberation Front in the United Kingdom, who freed a lamb that faced only torture and death.

And to the members of the FAI/FRI, who set fire to the livestock company Rio Bueno S.A., disabling much of its facilities. To all of them: health and much freedom! Keep being shadows of chaos, always faceless and nameless to the bastard power.

I end this message from Street 5 of the Former Penitentiary, awaiting a new start in my incarceration, but firmer and more determined than ever, now on course to serve four years of effective imprisonment. With a heart fuller than ever, eager soon to breathe the air of a mountain or bathe in the icy water of a river, keen to join the trenches that have formed in these years of struggle. Fire to existence.

Fire to all prisons and to all authority. Total liberation or barbarism. They would not coexist, so they will have to die.

Nico Ru. Anarcho‑nihilist prisoner, vegan, straight edge. Susaron case. Former Penitentiary.

April 2026.”