"For every opinion there is a counter-opinion. Someone says 'oh,he was a blowhard;' someone else says 'he was a charming,sweet guy.' I think the truth is in between;
VOA: standard.2009.12.17
Meanwhile, Isabel Santiago, a 67-year-old widow and neighbor of Pedro Castro, called him a "sweet guy" who used to bring her rice and beans from the house where he lived with his mother across the street.
The churro guy pushes the sweet dough into its signature rocket shape before his partner in crime drops them into bubbling oil, stuffs them into a paper bag and tops them with crunchy sugar.