The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said its officers at the airports recently barred from entering the country seven Americans previously convicted of sex crimes in the US.
In a statement, Bureau of Immigration Officer-in-Charge Joel Anthony Viado said the passengers were intercepted on separate dates at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and Mactan airport during the past three weeks when the said pedophiles arrived and sought admission as tourists into the country.
“However, they were immediately denied entry after our primary officers and their supervisors discovered that they are registered sex offenders (RSOs) due to their record of convictions for sex crimes they committed against minor victims,” Viado said.
He added that the passengers were excluded pursuant to the Philippine immigration act which prohibits the entry of aliens who have been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude.
“They were all turned away and boarded on the next available flight to their port of origin. And as a consequence of their exclusion, they were included in our blacklist and banned from entering the Philippines,” Viado said.
The first to be intercepted was Dustin Patrick Auvil, 57, who arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 from San Francisco, USA last Aug. 22. He was convicted in 2006 for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.
That same day, Daniel Russell Eoff, 34, was also excluded at the NAIA 3 after he arrived from Tokyo. He was convicted in 2013 of second degree sexual assault against a six-year-old child.
Also excluded at the NAIA on Aug. 23 was Francisco Javier Alvarado, 39, who was convicted in 2017 of child pornography for possessing obscene material depicting a minor in sexual conduct.
Next to be denied entry was Michael Allen Turner, 41, who arrived from Hongkong last Aug. 24 at the Mactan airport in Cebu. He was convicted in 2003 of sexual assault of a child in the second degree.
Intercepted on Aug. 29 was Matthew Thorin Wall, 46, who arrived at the NAIA last Aug. 28 from Taiwan. He was convicted in 1999 for sexual penetration of and sexual copulation with an 18-year-old victim.
On Sept. 4, Todd Lawrence Burchett, 41, arrived from Qatar at the NAIA and was excluded. He was convicted in 2014 for gross sexual imposition involving a 13-year-old victim.
Finallly, on Sept. 10, William Emil Wanket, 40, was denied entry at the NAIA after arriving from Guam. He was convicted in 2006 for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
