Immigration officers on Thursday intercepted an American fugitive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport when he tried to mislead the agents by booking a flight to the United States at Naia Terminal 2 and booking another flight scheduled for Tokyo, Japan on the same date from Naia Terminal 3.
The fugitive, identified as Kenneth Collins Dunn, is wanted in Oregon for violating his parole, which he obtained after being convicted of burglary, according to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente.
The US Embassy sought the Bureau of Immigration’s assistance in intercepting Dunn, who attempted to escape despite being issued an order by US authorities to proceed directly to the United States.
Marc Red Mariñas, BI OIC deputy commissioner, and Port Operations Division chief said the US Embassy had requested to be notified of any attempt of Dunn to travel outside the Philippines.
Dunn arrived three days prior from Bangkok but was scheduled to fly immediately to the US. However, he was a no-show at the Naia Terminal 2 for his scheduled flight to Los Angeles on the same day he was intercepted.
He was caught at Naia 3 when he was about to leave aboard an Air Nippon Airways flight to Tokyo.
Dunn used his Belizean passport under the name of Kelsey Brian Dunn when he tried to leave, but the immigration officer at the gate found he was the subject of the US Embassy report.
“Apparently, the American used his Belizean passport—he allegedly threw away his US passport—so he could evade arrest by American authorities and leave Manila undetected,” Mariñas said.
“We have strong coordination with our foreign counterparts, thus any attempt to use the country as a transit point to evade justice will definitely be thwarted,” he added.
Dunn has issued his travel document by the US Embassy a week after and has already left aboard a Philippine Airlines flight to Los Angeles to face the charges against him in the United States.
