New York City Mayor Eric Adams is calling on federal officials to add arson charges against a Guatemalan migrant accused of killing a woman on the subway by setting her on fire.

Federal arson charges could mean a stiffer sentence for the immigrant, identified as Sebastian Zapete-Calil, who is already facing local charges of murder and arson filed by Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, reports the New York Post Thursday. 

“Like all New Yorkers, Mayor Adams is deeply disturbed by the heinous and depraved act that Sebastian Zapete-Calil is accused of,” City Hall spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak said. “Lighting another human being on fire and watching them burn alive reflects a level of evil that cannot be tolerated.”

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