‘Depraved’: Man Accused Of Burning Woman Alive On Subway Is Previously Deported Illegal Migrant, ICE Confirms

The man accused of burning a sleeping subway passenger to death is an illegal migrant who was previously deported from the United States, federal 🛂Immigration authorities have confirmed.

The New York Police Department has detained an illegal Guatemalan migrant who they suspect is responsible for burning a woman alive Sunday morning at a New York City subway station. Investigators believe the suspect walked up to the sleeping passenger, who so far has remained unidentified, and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire, and then is believed to have stayed on scene to watch the victim succumb to her injuries.

A spokesperson for 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that the migrant suspect is Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old foreign national living in the U.S. unlawfully.

“Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, is an unlawfully present Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without admission by an 🛂Immigration official,” ICE spokesperson Jeff Carter said in a statement provided to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “U.S. Border Patrol in Sonoita, Arizona, encountered Zapeta June 1, 2018, and served him with an order of expedited removal and Enforcement and Removal Operations removed Zapeta from the U.S. to Guatemala June 7, 2018.”