December 24, 2024 - Zapeta-Calil is a Guatemalan national who entered the United States illegally on June 1, 2018, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

December 23, 2024 - "Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, is an unlawfully present Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without admission by an immigration official," a U.S.

December 24, 2024 - The illegal immigrant accused of lighting a sleeping woman on fire and casually watching her burn to death in a New York subway car was deported under the Trump administration but had been back in the United States since at least 2023.

December 23, 2024 - Zapeta, reportedly a migrant from Guatemala, entered the United States in 2018 through Arizona. Authorities are still verifying his immigration status and whether he entered the country legally or illegally.

December 28, 2024 - Zapeta, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally, was taken into custody on Sunday.

December 27, 2024 - Mr Zapeta, who is originally from Guatemala, was deported from the US in 2018 and later re-entered the country illegally, immigration authorities said.

December 23, 2024 - The accused is confirmed to have re-entered the United States illegally after being deported, according to the sources. He had first crossed the Arizona border in 2018 but was quickly deported after being apprehended for illegal entry.

December 24, 2024 - Federal immigration officials say Zapeta, 33, is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally.

December 24, 2024 - The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after the woman died on Sunday (December 22, 2024) morning. Zapeta, 33, is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after he had been previously removed ...

December 29, 2024 - Authorities allege Zapeta, who federal immigration officials say is a Guatemalan citizen who re-entered the US illegally after being deported in 2018, was seen in video approaching the woman on a stationary train and setting her clothing on fire.

January 7, 2025 - Zapeta told the detectives he came back to the U.S. illegally about five years ago, arriving in Queens with his wife’s nephew. Relatives took him in but that living situation fell apart during the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 23, 2024 - The suspect, identified as 33-year-old Sebastin Zapeta, is believed to have entered the US from Guatemala approximately a year ago. It remains unclear whether he entered the country legally or illegally.

December 23, 2024 - A disturbing video of the incident ... in flames. The man, identified as a migrant from Guatemala, had previously entered the US in 2018 through Arizona....

December 23, 2024 - The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after the woman died on Sunday morning. Zapeta, 33, is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after he had been previously removed in 2018, said ...

January 8, 2025 - Sebastian Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was taken into custody hours after Debrina Kawam of New Jersey was killed. The document shows that the murder suspect appeared to have cooperated with police.

December 26, 2024 - Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, the 33-year-old undocumented migrant accused of setting fire to a woman who was asleep while riding a New York City train, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of first- and second-degree murder and arson, according to a complaint released by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.

December 27, 2024 - The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday.The development comes days after Sebastian Zapeta’s arrest and subsequent police questioning, in which authorities say he claimed not to know what had happened although he identified himself in photos and surveillance video showing the fire being lit.Zapeta’s indictment will remain under seal until he is arraigned on the new charges, likely in a few weeks, as is standard in New York.