Illegal Immigrant Charged for Burning Woman Alive on NY Subway

A woman sleeping on a New York subway train was set on fire by an illegal immigrant on Sunday morning. The man then appeared to sit and watch her burn to death.

The suspect: Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old migrant from Guatemala, was arrested in connection with the atrocity later on Sunday. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson on Monday.

An illegal immigrant, Zapeta-Calil was deported back to Guatemala in 2018. It is not known when or by what path he returned illegally to the United States.

Details: The woman, not yet identified, was declared dead at the scene by the New York Police Department. It appears she was sleeping on a stationary train at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn when the man used a lighter to set her clothes on fire.

Surveillance footage shows the perpetrator leaving the subway car and sitting on a platform bench to watch. Footage also shows bystanders did not intervene to rescue the victim, and police officers appeared to walk by as she was burning.

A larger trend: The U.S. is plagued by violent crime, often perpetrated by illegal immigrants. As long as Americans neglect to examine the cause of such atrocities, the effects will worsen.

To learn why, read “Lawlessness by Design.”