(The Center Square) – A Guatemalan foreign national in the U.S. illegally was charged Monday in the murder of a woman he allegedly set on fire on a New York City subway over the weekend.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged Monday with first- and second-degree murder and arson.
Zapeta previously was deported under President Donald Trump’s administration after illegally entering the U.S. in 2018 in Arizona, Just the News reported. It was unclear when and where Zapeta reentered.
The homicide occurred on the F Train in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
