He Burned a Woman to Death and NYC Officials Are Trying to Protect Him
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced in a video on March 5 that officials in New York City had indicated their intent to ignore the ICE detainer on 33-year-old Guatemalan illegal alien Sebastian Zapeta, who was seen on camera throwing a lighter onto a random sleeping woman on the subway. He then sat and watched the victim, Debrina Kawam, burn to death. According to investigators, Zapeta did not know the woman and had never interacted with her — meaning that he just decided to commit a random, extremely gruesome murder. Kawam’s body was so damaged in the attack that it took over a week to identify her.
“It’s the most depraved act that a human being can commit against another person,” Noem said.
Noem explained in the video shared to X, which was filmed at the same Coney Island subway station where the murder occurred, that New York City officials were refusing to cooperate with ICE despite the gravity of the crime.
“ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the NYC Department of Corrections to take this depraved alien into custody. Because of current sanctuary city policy, the corrections department has indicated it will NOT honor the detainer,” the DHS secretary said.
“This is disgusting. New York politicians are allowing the murder of their own citizens,” Noem added. “NY Governor Hochul should impose an emergency suspension of sanctuary protection by executive order NOW.”
It is unclear exactly how long Zapeta has been in the United States. It has been confirmed that he has been deported at least once after entering the U.S. illegally in 2018 under President Donald Trump’s first term in office. He later reentered the U.S. at an unknown date and settled in New York, where he was being housed in a shelter for illegal aliens.
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