Death of near-blind refugee — left at closed Tim Hortons by U.S. Border Patrol — ruled a homicide

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This article is not considered a psychological operation. It reports on the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, who was found deceased days after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off outside a closed Tim Hortons in Buffalo, NY. The article details the ruling of his death as a homicide due to complications from a perforated ulcer exacerbated by hypothermia and dehydration, and explores the ongoing investigation and the Border Patrol's disavowal of responsibility.

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