Mass deportation calls ring louder after illegal migrant burns woman alive in NYC subway

The man who allegedly burnt a woman alive inside a subway train in the US on Sunday is a migrant from Guatemala. The New York City police have arrested Sebastian Zapeta for the crime. He was deported earlier and doesn’t have permission to be in the US, reported Associated Press, citing immigration officials.

Netizens call for mass deportation

The heinous crime has strengthened the long-pending demand for the mass deportation of illegal migrants from the United States. Hours after the video of the incident went viral on social media, several netizens vented out their anger towards the Biden government’s failure to prevent illegal migration in the US.

About the migrant who burnt a woman alive in NYC

Sebastian Zapeta was arrested around six hours after the police began search operation to catch him. According to officials, he had used a lighter to ignite the clothes of a woman who appeared to be dozing on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media. 

The subway workers and police officers who had been patrolling the station used fire extinguishers to douse the flames, however, the woman was declared dead at the scene, reported Reuters.

Her clothing “became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told AP. Jessica described the case as “one of the most depraved crimes one person could commit against another human being.”

"The depravity of this horrific crime is beyond comprehension, and my office is committed to bringing the perpetrator to justice," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement on Monday. "This gruesome and senseless act of violence against a vulnerable woman will be met with the most serious consequences."

Zapeta illegally entered the US in 2018

Zapeta entered into the US without any legal documents or authorisation in 2018. Later, he was deported to Guatemala a few days later. There is no information about how he managed to re-enter America, Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Monday.

The woman who was burnt alive is yet to be identified, however, there appeared to have been no prior interaction with between the assailant and the victim, reported AP.