The illegal Guatemalan migrant accused of torching a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train was hit with murder and arson charges Monday — as the feds identified him as Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who snuck back into the US after being deported.
Police charged Zapeta-Calil, 33, with first- and second-degree murder, and arson after he was picked up Sunday in the gruesome slaying, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Authorities had been awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine what charges would be lodged — but the process is complicated by the condition of the victim’s body, which was badly scorched in the incident, sources said.
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