Guatemalan migrant arrested in connection with the atrocious death of a woman set on fire and burned alive on a subway train in Brooklyn, New Yorkhe was previously deported on Sunday.

Sebastin Zapeta, 33, was arrested by the Border Police on June 1, 2018, after illegally crossed Sonoita, Arizona, and was deported by the Trump administration a few days later, on June 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Marie Ferguson told Fox News.

Ferguson added that Zapeta then illegally re-entered the United States “at an unknown date and location.”

He added that after Zapeta is charged and details about where he is being held are released, the crackdown and removal operation will “present an immigration detainer at the NYPD headquarters where he is being held.”

New York police arrest a migrant who allegedly set fire to a woman on the subway and watched her burn alive

NYPD officers escort a suspect wanted in a murder onto the F train at Coney Island from a Lower Manhattan borough on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Courtesy: GN Miller/New York Post)

So far, no charges have been filed against Zapeta. The Kings County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday that they “do not have a timeline for this” and “do not anticipate a court appearance today.”

Surveillance video showed the suspect calmly approach the woman, who was sitting still and possibly sleeping, while aboard an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station and then set her on fire.

THE New York Police Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital about the victim’s identity.

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Police investigate the scene where a woman died after being set on fire by a man aboard an MTA subway train as she slept in the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, December 22, 2024 . (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

His clothes “were completely engulfed in a matter of seconds,” New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, describing the case as “one of the most depraved crimes a person can commit against another human being.” .

The suspect then sat on a nearby bench outside the train car and watched officers and a transportation employee put out the flames. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police believe the woman was sleeping on board the train when a man approached her and set her on fire. She was pronounced dead at the scene. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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He was arrested hours later while traveling on the same subway line. Tisch added that the person of interest was found with a lighter in his pocket.

“The depravity of this horrific crime is beyond comprehension, and my office is committed to bringing the perpetrator to justice,” the DA’s office said. “This gruesome and senseless act of violence against a vulnerable woman will have the most serious consequences. Every New Yorker deserves to feel safe in our subways, and we will do everything in our power to ensure accountability in this case. NYPD for their quick work in apprehending the suspect.”

Fox News’ Seth Andrews, Greg Wehner and the Associated Press contributed to this report.