US EditionDeath of near-blind refugee in New York ruled a homicide
The medical examiner said hypothermia and dehydration contributed to the death, while Erie County officials ruled it a homicide.
- Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was missing since his release from jail into U.S. Border Patrol custody, was found dead in freezing cold weather in Buffalo, New York in February.
- Local officials in upstate New York ruled Shah Alam's death as a homicide, with the cause being complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office would review the circumstances leading to Shah Alam's death, stating that he "fled genocide to build a life in this country" but "was abandoned and left to suffer alone in his final hours.
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A forensic doctor in New York State determined that the death of a visually impaired refugee who was abandoned by Border Patrol agents in a...
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DHS disputes death of Myanmar refugee released by Border Patrol
The Department of Homeland Security challenged the narrative that Border Patrol played a role in the recent death of a partially blind, non-English-speaking refugee from Myanmar in New York. Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was found dead on Feb. 24 in Buffalo after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a closed Tim Hortons coffee shop five days earlier during the winter. The immigration agency briefly detained him at a local jail, where he spent abo…
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