Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who is accused of lighting a woman on fire while she slept on the F train of the New York City subway, was previously deported in 2018.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zapeta-Calil, a Guatemalan national was deported a week after entering the country illegally through Arizona in June 2018 but then re-entered the country at an unknown date and time, according to Newsweek.

The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.m. when an unknown man approached her and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire, the New York Police Department said.

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