He was the brother of the late Jose Arroyo, a Nacionalista senator and good friend of Quezon. As the public’s outrage over the corruption began to mount, Arroyo issued a statement saying that jueteng did not exist in Iloilo.
Pinaka-makapangyarihang tao si Arroyo sa Iloilo, ani Raul Rodrigo sa librong The Saga of the Lopez Family. Kapatid siya ni yumaong Sen. Jose Pidal Arroyo, kaibigan ni Senate President Manuel Quezon.