Migrant Who Shoved 2 Onto NYC Subway Tracks Was Deported 4 Times, Previously Arrested for Violent Crimes: Feds
Georgett Roberts and David Propper, New York Post, March 12, 2026
The illegal Honduran migrant accused of shoving two Manhattan subway riders onto the tracks is a “serial criminal” who had been deported four times before his alleged attack, federal officials said Thursday.
Bairon Hernandez’s rap sheet includes at least 15 criminal charges, including for aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, and domestic violence, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
He also faced previous charges of simple assault, drug possession, and obstruction of police, the feds said.
Hernandez was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly pushed 83-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Williams and Jhon Pena, 30, onto the roadbed at the Lexington-63rd Street station on the Upper East Side on Sunday.
Hernandez, 34, first entered the US in January 2008 and had been deported four times, but kept coming back in illegally, DHS said.
His most recent deportation was in 2020 during the first Trump administration. It’s unclear when he re-entered the country.
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The accused shover remains in city custody after a judge ordered him held on $100,000 cash bail or a $300,000 bond ahead of trial.
