Segons Mónica G. Prieto, corresponsal de la web de notícies Periodismo Humano, "no volia abandonar el barri mentre hi quedés una sola persona, va rebutjar totes les propostes d'anar-se'n".
According to Mónica G.Prieto, correspondent for Spanish news outlet Periodismo Humano, "he did not want to leave as long as a single person stayed in the neighborhood, he refused all offers to leave".