Along the Malecon gives some background to the incident and firmly believes that "the legend of Yoani Sanchez grew Friday after Cuban authorities snatched her off the street, shoved her into a car and roughed her up before freeing her":
Along the Malecon nos da ciertos antecedentes del incidente y cree firmemente que la “leyenda de Yoani Sánchez creció el viernes después que las autoridades cubanas la sacar0n de las calles, la arrastraron a un auto y la trataron rudamente antes de liberarla”: