“As the months have passed I’ve become quieter and more withdrawn.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.”
