Fast track fail: deported Honduran drug dealer returned to U.S. and stabbed Muni passenger, court hears
A Honduran fentanyl dealer deported in 2024 under federal prosecutors’ fast track program targeting illegal alien drug traffickers in San Francisco appeared at the city’s federal courthouse today accused of returning to the United States and stabbing a Muni passenger.
Jeison Ruvi-Mallorquin, 26, was convicted in July 2024 of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after selling the drug to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent on Market Street.
He was given a time-served month-and-a-half sentence and handed over to immigration officials for removal.
He now faces a federal charge of illegal reentry plus an accusation that he violated his probation terms both by coming back and by virtue of the violent incident for which he was arrested.
“On or about July 30 2025, at approximately 12:28pm a Muni bus pulled over to the corner of 6th and Mission,” assistant U.S. attorney Maya Karwande told the court this morning. “The bus opened its doors and multiple passengers advised SFPD officers of an altercation on the bus with one person being stabbed by another.”
“Upon entering the bus they identified a male victim suffering from stab wounds…he identified the defendant as the person who had stabbed him – additionally two passengers exiting the bus identified the defendant as the attacker,” she added.
Footage of the incident posted to social media appears to show Ruvi-Mallorquin, armed with a large knife, confronting his victim on the sidewalk adjacent to the bus, on the bus itself and under arrest.
He was found with a clear plastic bag containing suspected narcotics, she said.
Today in courtroom F of San Francisco federal courthouse Ruvi-Mallorquin – clad in orange jail clothes suggesting his continued detention in county jail – spoke briefly through a Spanish interpreter to confirm his identity and that he understood his rights. He did not enter a plea.
Ruvi-Mallorquin’s return represents the latest instance in which a Honduran – given a lenient sentence and deported as part of the fast track scheme – simply returned to the city and continued offending.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Kang ordered him to return to court July 16 for further proceedings.
The case continues.
This story has been updated.
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