An American citizen wanted for rape in Alaska will be deported to face criminal charges in his home country, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
Ordered deported was Carmen Daniel Perzechino Jr. who was arrested by members of the BI Fugitive Search Unit at his apartment in Angeles City, Pampanga.
Perzechino is subject of an arrest warrant by a Superior Court in Kenai, Alaska where he was charged with two counts of sexual assault in the first degree and one count of kidnapping-injury with sexual assault.
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said he issued the mission order for Perzechino’s arrest at the request of the US Embassy in Manila which informed the BI about the latter’s presence in the country.
Perzechino reportedly fled to the Philippines last Feb. 11 after receiving information about his impending arrest to evade US authorities.
Morente said Perzechino’s passport was already revoked by the US State Department to facilitate his immediate deportation as an undocumented alien.
“We are at one with our foreign counterparts to ensure that justice is served,” said Morente. “The crime was committed 18 years ago, but now he has been caught by our men, and will be sent back to his country to face trial,” he added.
Perzechino committed his alleged crime in Sterling, Alaska on Jan. 20, 2001 when he kidnapped his victim before sexually assaulting and raping her, according to BI-FSU Chief Bobby Raquepo.
“People like him are not welcome in our country. If he did that in the US, then there is a possibility that he might commit the same crime in the Philippines. Criminals like him ought to be barred from ever setting foot in our country,” Morente added.