Anarchists are calling for a month of agitation for Arturo Lugo Macías. Read the statement from his support committee below:
Sheveck (AKA for Arturo Lugo Macías), is an anarchist and vegan comrade. He was arrested just a couple of weeks ago, on January 8 2026. The Mexican state and the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) are fabricating charges of "property damage with a gang-related aggravating factor" against him. The script is well-known: when they cannot silence you, they will lock you up.
The events that they now intend to use to justify his imprisonment date back more than 5 years ago, at the FES Acatlán of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in Naucalpan. Around that time, students, including him were protesting against generalized sexual abuse cases within the university through the occupation of the building A6 and the classroom 906, known as El Kubo, among other spaces.
The response from power was brutal. On the night of April 5, 2020, a paramilitary group—made up of between 7 and 10 armed men, with tactical gear and gasoline cans—violently stormed the okupación on the building A6. There is no doubt it was a planned attack orchestrated from above. There were beatings, burns, physical, psychological, and sexual assaults, as well as serious injuries, and Arturo suffered third-degree burns.
Almost six years after the events, the aggressors remain free and unpunished. There are no serious investigations into the paramilitary attack or the violations of the students' integrity. UNAM remains silent and the State decided to punish those who survived and resisted. Those in power seek an exemplary punishment, to criminalize protest, cover up hired thug violence, and send the usual message: organizing has a cost and it is collected sooner or later.
In the hearing on January 13, 2026, precautionary measures of preventive detention were ordered, and Arturo was transferred to the Federal Social Readaptation Center Number 1 El Altiplano, known in Mexico as Almoloya, a maximum-security prison.
Full conditions for dignified treatment are not being guaranteed. As a result of the aggressions inflicted by these armed subjects, Arturo suffered serious injuries to his back. And, so far, he has not had access to blankets, underwear, or warm clothing that would allow him to protect himself from the cold and prevent his previous medical problems from worsening. Likewise, he is unable to eat properly due to the lack of adaptation of the prison food to a vegan diet.
Right now, there is an international solidarity campaign for Sheveck that we hope you could help propagating, with fundraisers and propaganda actions worldwide. We're publishing most of the information through our Instagram account @libertadsheveck
Our social media: https://www.instagram.com/libertadsheveck/
Media note: https://avispa.org/detienen-a-estudiante-de-la-unam-pero-no-investigan-ataque-paramilitar-a-quien-protege-la-justicia/
