BY Osias Osorio
SEVEN Americans convicted of sex crimes in the United States were denied entry by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA).
Bureau of Immigration Officer-in-Charge Joel Anthony Viado said the passengers were intercepted on separate dates in the past three weeks.
“They were immediately denied entry after our primary officers and their supervisors discovered that they are registered sex offenders due to their record of convictions for sex crimes against minors,” Viado said.
Viado said the seven were denied entry 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 ports of origin. And as a consequence of their exclusion, they were included in our blacklist and banned from entering the Philippines,” Viado said.
First to be intercepted was Dustin Patrick Auvil, 57, who arrived at the NAIA Terminal 3 from San Francisco 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 also denied entry after arriving from Tokyo. He was convicted in 2013 of second-degree sexual assault against a six-year-old child.
Also intercepted on Aug. 23 was Francisco Javier Alvarado, 39, who was convicted in 2017 of child pornography for possessing obscene materials 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.
On Sept. 4, Todd Lawrence Burchett, 41, arrived from Qatar at the NAIA. He was convicted in 2014 for gross sexual imposition involving a 13-year-old victim.
And on Sept. 10, William Emil Wanket, 40, was denied entry at the NAIA after arriving from Guam. He was convicted in 2006 of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl.
