Death of refugee left in parking lot by Border Patrol ruled a homicide


A visually impaired refugee who was dropped in a parking lot at night in February by Border Patrol and found dead five days later died by homicide, authorities in Buffalo said.

Federal agents picked up Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who spoke little English, from a county jail on Feb. 19.



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