2000年2月,他被收审并判三年囚期,理由是在1999年哈瓦那举行伊比利亚美洲国家首脑会议(Ibero - American summit)期间,他召开了记者会宣布举行和平游行。
In February 2000, he was tried and sentenced to three years in prison for holding a press conference to announce a peaceful march during the 1999 Ibero-American Summit in Havana.