However, in 2003 Gorki Águila, the leader of the band, was arrested under drugs charges at a music festival in Pinar del Rio.

[1] He was eventually ordered to pay a $30 fine (2 months salary) for the lesser offense of public disorder which he paid after some hesitation in coins, after prosecutors dropped the more serious charge[2] following intense international pressure after broad media coverage.

This is an unprecedented event in Cuban jurisprudence; the communist government is usually strict about punishment given to independent journalists[3] and other dissident voices.

A photo of the concert with the phrase "Music Does not Ask for Permission" was printed as a postcard and send in thousands to the personalities of the Cuban Communist party including Raul Castrro himself[7] In 2013, the group was allowed to travel to Europe.

During this occasion William Retureta, the 20 years old drummer of the band, applied for political asylum in the Czech Republic,[8] which he received.