An illegal immigrant accused of burning a woman who is alive in a metro car in New York will remain in the US because of the policy of the Rancing of City Policy that forbids him to be deported.
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, is confronted with murder and arson with regard to killing Debrina Kawam, 57.
Justice officers say that Zapeta-Calil set fire to the New Jersey woman in a stopped train at Coney Island station in Brooklyn on December 22.
He then raged the flames with a shirt before he was sitting on platform bench and looked while Kawam burned, they claim.
Under the current policy that has been established in the Big Apple, the Corrections Department of the city has refused to honor an immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) for Zapeta-Calilil.
That decision was closed by secretary of the Ministry of the Interior Security Kristi, who was in NYC this week to meet law enforcement.
In a clip of her on the platform of the stop of Coney Island, she said: 'Ice served an immigration retention at the NYC Department of Corrections to take this corrupt foreigner into detention
“Due to the current city policy of the sanctuary, the corrections department has indicated that it will not honor the detainer.”
Sebastian Zapeta Calil is confronted with murder and arson with regard to killing Debrina Kawam, 57
Debrina Kawam, 57, was later identified as the woman in the metro while she had slept
She added: 'This is disgusting. Politicians in New York allow the murder of their own citizens.
“Governor Hochul should now impose an emergency description of the protection of the sanctuary through an executive order.”
Sanctuary city laws prohibit local law enforcement to collaborate with immigration authorities to keep migrants in custody until they can be processed for deportation procedure.
The crime of Zapeta-Calil will be tried in the jurisdiction where it took place, but it would make it easier for him to be started from the US as soon as every sentence is served.
Mayor Eric Adams has tried to separate that legislation in the hope of allowing the NYPD to collaborate with ice when breaking down illegal migrants.
Ice officials said that Zapeta entered the US illegally from Guatemala in 2018 and was deported, but brought the country back in at a certain moment.
He had lived in a hiding place in Brooklyn and worked as a roofer at the time of the murder.
The incident quickly became part of the national debate about the dramatic increase in crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the United States.
Mayor Adams came after the arrest of Zepeta to call up federal prosecutors to accuse him in addition to the charges of the state.
“Enlightening another person on fire and seeing burning alive reflects a level of evil that cannot be tolerated,” he said in a statement.
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Nem, seen here, was in the city this week to meet law enforcement and completed the policy
Sebastian Zapeta Calil is shown to look at a metro bank while the woman he set fire to, burns alive
Kawam reportedly slept around 7.30 am on the metro car at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn when she was on fire.
The images of the moments after Kawam was set on fire, went viral when it showed a NYPD officer who walked past the fire while a man allegedly zepeta looked.
According to a transcript released by the authorities after the incident, he would have told detectives: “Oh, damn it, I am,” when he was shown a clip of the attack.
The details of that interview were made public after he had filed a plea not to be guilty of the murder and arson.
Authorities said he responded with 'disgust' and 'strangeness' on the clip, wiped his eyes and say in Spanish: 'Oh, my goodness', according to the transcript.
“I'm very sorry. I didn't want to, “he told detectives. “I don't know what happened, but I'm very sorry for that woman.”
He added that he had drunk heavily all night and fell asleep in the metro, but did not remember what happened afterwards.
If convicted is confronted with a maximum life sentence without a conditional release on top costs.
