December 24, 2024 - Sebastian Zapeta, suspected of ... News Service/Getty Images · 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, an undocumented Guatemalan migrant, has been detained for allegedly setting a sleeping passenger on fire on a New York City subway, resulting in her death. Zapeta, who re-entered the US illegally after deportation, stayed in multiple migrant shelters and has no prior criminal ...

December 23, 2024 - The NYPD identified the suspect ... and other charges. Zapeta-Calil is an unlawfully present Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States without admission by an immigration official, an ICE spokesperson said....

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 24, 2024 - Authorities have identified the suspect as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil. Zapeta, 33, is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after he had been previously removed in 2018, said Jeff Carter, a spokesman for U.S.

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 28, 2024 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Zapeta entered the U.S. illegally from Guatemala in 2018 and was deported, but he reentered sometime afterwards.

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 23, 2024 - US News: A suspect has been detained in connection with a horrific incident on the New York City subway that left a woman burned alive on Sunday morning.

December 27, 2024 - According to testimony from police ... citizen Sebastian Zapeta Khalil, used *** shirt to fan the flames, causing her to become fully engulfed. One of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit. Against another human being, Sepeta Kalil appeared in court Tuesday for an arraignment but did not enter *** ...

December 27, 2024 - Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen, was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of murder and one count of arson.

An undocumented immigrant has been charged for lighting a woman on fire on a New York City Subway. Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen, was arrested six hours after allegedly igniting the clothes of a sleeping woman. The accused is confirmed to have re-entered the United States illegally ...

Nyc Subway Fire: A horrific subway attack in Brooklyn, New York, left a woman burned to death on Sunday morning. Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant, was arrested after allegedly setting the woman ablaze. The incident, captured on video, shocked the city and drew condemnation ...

December 24, 2024 - Sebastian Zapeta-Calil made a bizarre admission to officers after allegedly setting a woman on fire who died on the spot.

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December 26, 2024 - Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

December 27, 2024 - The man accused of setting fire to a woman who was asleep on a New York City subway has been indicted on charges of murder in the first and second degree and arson, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.