"I endured the torture. I didn't speak. When we left the General Directorate of Security, my feet were black from the beatings, but I had a moment of euphoria because I hadn't said anything. None of us had spoken. The torturers broke me, and that's given me plenty all my life. If they didn't manage to break me, let's see me." An anti-Franco militant of the Revolutionary Communist League, she was tortured by Antonio González Pacheco, better known by the nickname Billy the Kid. During the 14 months she was detained in Madrid's Yeserías prison, Rius wrote and drew, which she is now publishing in book form: Drawn Memory. Yeserías Prison (1974-1975) With a prologue by Ignasi Aragay and published by L'Avenç. Neither repression nor beatings stopped her, and her resilience has served her well in many of the other struggles she has faced as an activist and militant throughout her life.