Opinion ID: 2686798
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Heading: Beatrice Roman

Text: Beatrice Roman, a social worker who lived and worked in Peru in the 1980s, testified about conditions in the Cuban refugee camps there and her meeting 37 Case: 13-14968 Date Filed: 07/31/2014 Page: 38 of 58 Mendoza’s father at the camp. Ms. Roman said that there were approximately 150 tents in the camp. The refugees often had to wait in line to use the restrooms, and hygiene in the camp was “very bad.” Mendoza’s father came to Ms. Roman’s office requesting assistance; Ms. Roman’s office “bought him a vehicle” to use as a taxi cab. Ms. Roman believed that she met Mendoza, but did not remember much about him.