NYC migrant accused of fatally stabbing fellow asylum-seeker caught on camera for first time

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NYC migrant accused of fatally stabbing fellow asylum-seeker caught on camera for first time

Prosecutors said the killer and two cohorts pursued the stabbed victim until he collapsed and bled out.

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NYC migrant accused of fatally stabbing fellow asylum-seeker caught on camera for first time​

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Published Jan. 12, 2024, 3:09 p.m. ET








The suspected stabber accused of killing a fellow migrant over a woman at Randall’s Island’s tent city was captured on camera for the first time Friday when he appeared in Manhattan court.


Moises Coronado, 27, was seen wearing a beige prison jumpsuit with a medical mask covering his face as he saw a judge for the fatal Jan. 6 stabbing of Dafren Canizalez, 25.


Coronado, who used a Spanish interpreter throughout the brief proceeding, allegedly stabbed Canizalez to death with a kitchen knife inside a cafeteria tent at the migrant camp, prosecutors have said.


Two other suspects — Ferneys Horta, 33, and Anthony Navas, 27 — allegedly chased down Canizalez inside the cafeteria until he was trapped against the door — and he was stabbed in the upper chest area, according to a criminal complaint.

Moises Coronado is charged with murder in the second degree. Brigitte Stelzer
Prosecutors said the trio then pursued Canizalez until he collapsed and bled out — which is when security intervened and found a knife inside Coronado’s pocket.


Canizalez was rushed to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Dafren Canizalez was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital a short time after the stabbing.
The beef between Coronado and Canizalez started after Coronado had been talking to the fellow asylum-seeker’s girlfriend, according to law enforcement sources.


Coronado pleaded not guilty at his arraignment to murder and gang assault charges and was remanded.





Horta was remanded as well, while Navas is being held on $100,000 bail.