[editor’s note: in November 2022, four anarcho-nihilist and animal liberationist individuals were thrown in jail accused of an arson attack at a meat packaging plant ‘Carnes Susaron’, Ten lorries, the administrative offices -including the safe and all their paperwork – and the actual meat factory and refrigeration systems that at the time had seven tones of flesh ready for distribution, were completely destroyed in the fire. Itamar, one of the four accused, had her trial and was sentenced to five years of intensive tag. Earlier in July, another comrade, Panda, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Ru and Tortuga are still locked up awaiting trial. Below is a translation of their latest communique from prison.
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ENG (translation):
For those who fight with the enthusiasm that characterizes those who oppose the current.
Today in this cold season, still locked in this small matchbox that seeks to hide the beautiful immensity of the world, we continue to get up every morning to face the symbolic and graphic morning cold shower of dawn in prison. Washing our body and teeth, with the conviction that that routine morning dagger in the skull, cold as grief, is not something that will last for eternity.
Every morning taking a deep breath and weighing the love for our convictions, which allows us to stay alive and firm in this place built and designed to break people.
Most of those who read this communiqué will know that we were detained, as a result of the events at the headquarters of the bastard company carnes susaron, in the commune of quilicura, Santiago, Chile. In September of the year 2022.
Events that culminated in its entire block burned. Including: all its fleet of trucks, 10 to be more precise, administrative offices; together with its documentation and safe. And the central meat packing plant from where the other branches of the capital’s meat processing plant were supplied; which housed 7 tons of corpses.
Giving to the earth and the wind, a rite of fire in honor of all those lives annihilated in the name of superiority and usual human thuggery.
In addition and not less important, generating a damage of several million dollars for these despicable ones; our frank enemies.
At this time we are approaching almost 2 years of imprisonment, exactly 22 months. In which authorities have identified us as their enemies (because we are).
Extending our process of investigation and preventive imprisonment as much as possible.
At the beginning there were 4 of us detained. And a few months ago one of us, Itamar, managed to get out of prison sentenced to 5 years of intensive probation. As already reported in previous communiqués.
Remaining 3 of us in the Santiago 1 prison.
What is new in this writing is that a few weeks ago, our comrade Panda, was sentenced to 4 and a half years of effective imprisonment because of the intervention of gendarmerie through a negative report that usually and with complete arbitrariness they use to avoid the benefits and probation from the prison Santiago 1. Executed in the following days, his transfer to the prison for convicts Colina 1.
He was received there in a fraternal manner by fellow anarchists already condemned.
Rucio and Tortuga are still waiting for a new date to clarify their fate. Being constantly hindered by tedious and bureaucratic paperwork of the prison system. That always seeks to extend the stay in these human slaughterhouses, for those who declare themselves enemies of the established order and all authority.
In view of the situation where the next destinies for each one of us have been slowly being defined, we ratify more than ever our unwavering commitment to our cause, which is animal and total liberation.
There is nof freezing water, anguishing or claustrophobic afternoon, prison violence, or emotional blow for being separated from our world that makes us regret our ideas and actions.
No day that we do not inflate our chests with pride at the consequences that our decision to stop being spectators has generated around the world.
Because every action that has been dedicated to us, every greeting loaded with praxis where animals have been liberated or places sabotaged has given us the necessary fuel to continue with the same strength and pride with which we have faced this tedious process from the beginning.
That said, we call for the slogans “fire to the slaughterhouses”, “death to speciesism” and “animal liberation” to be put into practice.
As prisoners proud of our cause and ideas, that is all we ask to face this difficult cycle.
Take action!
Because time is slipping through our fingers. Every minute we rest in the calm of our leaflets, millions of animals are tortured and killed. Thousands of hectares of natural habitat are consumed and destroyed. Millions of lives (human and non-human) are cut short by the devastating machinery of capital, speciesism and authority.
We send a special and warm embrace to all the comrades who have been present in the territory and abroad. Whether with letters, drawings, propaganda, organization and attendance at fundraising event which have been essential at the time of paying for this whole process. In terms of expenses for lawyers, expert’s reports, parcels and food.
We always welcome and are grateful for any sign of solidarity that allows us to carry out this process in the best way possible.
Enormous gratitude to all of you, who have made this complex stage of our life as warriors bearable, with all the multiform and refractory solidarity mentioned above.
Let direct actions be multiplied. Sabotage, propaganda and liberations. Let words be transformed into deeds. And let those deeds speak for all those who cannot.
There is no day that we do not miss freedom, but there is also no day that we do not smile remembering the warm embrace of fire.
Because we are prisoners but they will never be able to subdue our gaze and spirit.
Fire to existence.
May every prison for humans and non-humans explode, with their jailers inside.
Don Sergio Olivares, Mónica Caballero, Marcelo Villarroel, Juan Aliste, Lucas Hernández, Aldo Hernández, Javier, Syde, Gerardo and Jordano, free them all!!!
Francisco Solar out of isolation!
Always against all authority and symbols of subjugation, and with immeasurable love:
Anarcho-nihilist vegan straight edge prisoners.
Case susaron.
Panda, Tortuga and Rucio.
C.D.P. Santiago 1.
Cárcel de cumplimiento Colina 1.
Agosto, 2024.