The Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has successfully prevented four convicted pedophiles from the United States from entering the Philippines over the past three weeks. This action is part of an intensified effort to block individuals with histories of sex crimes.
Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado confirmed in a statement that these individuals were barred entry as their names appeared on a watchlist of foreigners previously convicted of sex offenses, primarily involving minors. “They were denied entry after our immigration officers found that they were included in our alert list of foreigners who have been convicted of sex crimes, mostly against minors, in their home countries,” Viado stated.
Viado emphasized that under the country’s immigration laws, individuals convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude are subject to exclusion. “They have been placed in our blacklist and banned from re-entering the Philippines for being undesirable aliens,” he added.
Ferdinand Tendenilla, acting chief of the BI’s Border Control and Intelligence Unit (BCIU), revealed that all four men were swiftly sent back to their port of origin after being denied entry.
The first interception occurred on October 8 at NAIA Terminal 3, involving former American serviceman Justin Henry Glasgow, 43, who arrived from Guam. He had been convicted of child pornography in 2005 and sentenced to 10 years in prison by court martial. The following day, October 9, Daniel Clare Rademacher, 60, was stopped at Terminal 1 after flying in from Incheon. He had been convicted in 2004 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 15-year-old victim.
On October 12, Khallif Francis Ammen, 29, was intercepted at Terminal 1 after arriving from Los Angeles. He had been convicted in 2016 for child pornography and possession of explicit content involving an 11-year-old victim. The most recent case involved 68-year-old Brian Williamn Sanchez, who was blocked at Terminal 1 on November 2. Sanchez had a 2003 conviction for child pornography related to a minor.
