The issue is one few Spaniards know about, so he wrote a novel titled "Un paso al frente" (A step forward), a work of fiction based on the alleged abuses that takes place in the armed forces. In the media tour that followed the novel's publication, Segura was outspoken against the armed forces, leading to his arrest for publicly criticizing military authorities. He was sentenced to two months in a military prison and faces possible expulsion from the army.