'Very good person', says maid who works with suspected terrorist

Tranquil, peaceful and a good person. This is the profile of the 10 suspects arrested by the Federal Police in Hashtag operation on Thursday morning (21) in Amparo (SP), a city of about 70,000 inhabitants in the region of Campinas (SP). The 42-year-old man, who was born in the state of Maranhão, has lived for years in São Paulo and worked as a waiter. Residents saw his name on television and news portals on the Internet. A resident said he saw the supeito being taken by the agents. The detainee had a blog which was an apologia for terrorism.

"He was always a very good person. We are afraid. If he what will happen? "Said the maid Janet Pires, who worked with the suspect for many years.

The maid has to know that the investigation is Muslim and when he found always wore the Salamaleico expression, which in Arabic means "peace be upon you."

Janet also says that he saw the photo of the suspect on the Internet with a paintball- weapon that uses ink-bullets and was startled.

"I commented to my husband, we are close to people and do not know who these people are," he says.

Rodrigo Ferreira works in a bar in the city center and has the suspect taken by the Federal Police on Thursday morning used to drink coffee in the bar and never showed any sign of that involved with terrorist activities.

"Friday was day. He sought the newspaper that comes out Friday and took a coffee with bread, "said Rodrigo Ferreira, who works in a bar in the city center. "It was peaceful and quiet. I had no idea, "said the clerk desk.

A neighbor of the house where the suspect was arrested told EPTV, an affiliate of TV Globo, the federal police arrived around 5:30 Thursday and left around 8am. "From time to time he appeared in the house," said the retired Valda Angela da Silva. Also according to her, the suspect arrested did not live in the house where he was arrested, but he knew the owners.