US Border Patrol Faces Homicide Ruling After Abandoning a Blind Myanmar Refugee in Buffalo Cold

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar abandoned by US Border Patrol in freezing Buffalo weather, was ruled a homicide.The Erie County Medical Examiner found that hypothermia and dehydration triggered a fatal ulcer complication after agents left the man at a closed coffee shop.New York Governor Kathy Hochul and local officials have called for accountability as surveillance footage showed the vulnerable man walking alone in jail-issued footwear.Customs and Border Protection maintains that agents followed protocol and that the drop-off location was safe, despite the man being found dead days later.
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