The immigrant from Guatemala who was arrested in connection with the gruesome death of a woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in… Brooklyn, New YorkOn Sunday, he was previously deported.
Sebastín Zabieta, 33 years old, was arrested by border guards on June 1, 2018, after… They illegally crossed into Sonoita, Arizona, He was deported by the Trump administration just days later on June 7, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Mary Ferguson told Fox News.
Ferguson added that Zabieta then returned to the United States illegally “at an unknown date and location.”
She added that after Zabeta is charged and details of his whereabouts are released, Enforcement and Removal Operations will “deposit the immigration detainer to the NYPD location where he is being held.”
NYPD officers escort a suspect wanted for murder on the F train in Coney Island from an area of lower Manhattan on Sunday, December 22, 2024. (Courtesy: J.N. Miller/New York Post)
To date, no charges have been brought against Zabita. The Kings County District Attorney's Office said in a statement Monday that they “do not have a timeline” and “do not expect to appear in court today.”
Surveillance video showed the suspect calmly approaching the woman, who was sitting motionless and possibly asleep, while she was on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue subway station and then setting her on fire.
the New York Police Department She did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's inquiry about the identity of the victim.
Police investigate the scene of a woman's death after a man set her on fire on an MTA subway train while she slept at the Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, December 22, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said her clothes were “entirely swallowed up within seconds,” and described the case as “one of the most horrific crimes that a person can commit against another human being.”
The suspect then sat on a nearby bench outside the train car and watched as officers and a transport worker extinguished the flames. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe the woman was sleeping on the train when a man approached her and set her on fire. She was pronounced dead at the scene. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
He was arrested hours later while riding the same subway line. The person of interest was found with a lighter in his pocket, Tesch added.
“The depravity of this horrific crime is beyond comprehension, and my office is committed to bringing the perpetrator to justice,” the District Attorney’s Office said. “This heinous and unjustified act of violence against a vulnerable woman will face the gravest consequences. Every New Yorker deserves to feel safe on our subways, and we will do everything in our power to ensure accountability in this case. I commend the NYPD for their swift action in making the arrest.” On the suspect.
Seth Andrews and Greg Weiner of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
