(Photo courtesy of BI)
MANILA – Seven Americans previously convicted of sex crimes in their country have been barred from entering the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday.
In a news release, BI officer-in- charge Joel Anthony Viado said the passengers were intercepted on separate dates at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and Mactan Cebu International Airport during the past three weeks, after arriving 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.
Dustin Patrick Auvil, 57, who arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3, Pasay City from San Francisco, California in the US was intercepted last Aug. 22.
He was convicted in 2006 for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.
On the same day, Daniel Russell Eoff, 34, was excluded also 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.
On Aug. 23 at the NAIA, Francisco Javier Alvarado, 39, was also denied entry. He was convicted in 2017 of child pornography for possessing obscene material depicting a minor in sexual conduct.
Michael Allen Turner, 41, who arrived from Hong Kong last Aug. 24 at the Mactan airport in Cebu was also denied entry. 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 having sex 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.
William Emil Wanket, 40, was also denied entry at the NAIA after arriving from Guam on Sept. 10. He was convicted in 2006 for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
Viado said the passengers were excluded pursuant to the Philippine immigration act which prohibits the entry of foreigners 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,” he said. (PNA)
