The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said it again, barred from entering the country two American pedophiles with criminal records for sexually abusing minors here and in the United States (US).
In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the two passengers were intercepted separately upon arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) only recently.
They were identified as Keith Michael Lacek 63, who was intercepted last December 5, and Peter Maehler de Leon Guerrero, 54, who was turned away on December 2. Both of them arrived at the NAIA Terminal 1 aboard Air China and Eva Air flights from Taipei.
According to Tansingco, Lacek was excluded after his name prompted a hit in the Bureau’s derogatory base, indicating that was banned from entering the country for his involvement in sex tourism.
He was blacklisted by the BI in June 2020 after the Bureau received information from the Office of Cybercrime of the Department of Justice, that Lacek was reportedly involved in the online enticement, and sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism.
Lacek allegedly enticed a Filipina to produce, and send indecent photographs of children, and to engage in sexual activity with a young minor in exchange for money.
2 pedophiles barred from PH – BI
As for Guerrero, Tansingco said the passenger is a registered sex offender (RSO) in the US due to his record of conviction as a child rapist.
A Texas court reportedly convicted Guerrero in 1994 for violating Section 22 of the State’s laws, which penalizes the act of sexual assault of a child who is 17 years of age or below.
“We had to remove them out immediately after they arrived at the airport. They are undesirable aliens who pose a very serious threat to our children,” Tansingco said. “Consequently, they are perpetually banned from re-entering the Philippines.”
Meanwhile, BI said that it expects around 1.5M total arrivals during the last month of the year.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said that travel trends show a major increase in travelers in 2023. By the Q2 of 2023, Tansingco said that the BI started recording around one million arrivals per month, a far cry from the less than 100,000 arrivals per month during the height of the pandemic.
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