He is arrested along with Abel Santamaría when they were traveling by car in El Vedado neighborhood, since the lice had a BOLO on Abel's car. As nothing suspicious is found, they are booked and then released. During those days, many young revolutionaries led by Fidel carried out military training in the Hall of the Martyrs of the University Students Federation and other locations at the University of Havana, under the instructions of Pedro Miret