Many live in makeshift open-walled huts with plastic roofs that surround the gymnasium. Trenches of sewage flow around the compound. Flies buzz everywhere. ''We are suffering. This boy has worms. The heat in the gymnasium asphyxiates you.
Security is a big problem.
At night, they have to close the doors of the gymnasium with a key. Many residents go to town infrequently. They always say, 'That gym is causing a lot of problems. They took away our right to recreate,'' said Jorge Marimon, a town hall worker playing softball at the sports complex surrounding the gymnasium. Marimon noted that several residents filed a legal complaint against the displaced people, saying their presence deprived Turbo of the use of much of the sports complex.