RP deports 2 wanted Americans

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered the immediate deportation of two Americans who are wanted for serious criminal offenses in their home country. BI Associate Commissioner Roy Almoro said the board of commissioners issued last Tuesday the summary deportation orders against Rizal Balgos, 60, and Kevin Mitchel Gore, 40. Almoro said the board of commissioner also directed that Balgos and Gore be placed in the immigration blacklist to prevent them from re-entering the Philippines. Balgos is wanted in Hawaii on charges of narcotics trafficking while Gore was indicted in Illinois for involvement in a multi-million dollar bank fraud. Gore was deported last Thursday via a Continental Airlines to Guam where he was fetched and escorted by US marshals on his trip to the US mainland. Balgos, meanwhile, will be deported within the week. Both Balgos and Gore are considered undocumented aliens as the US government has already canceled their passports. Records showed that Balgos was arrested last March 6 by operatives of the BI law enforcement division at his residence in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya. Balgos, who was issued an arrest warrant for drug pushing by a Hawaii court in 2007, was also implicated in a corruption case involving officers of the Kauai police department who allegedly protected and conspired with him in his drug dealing activities. Balgos went to the Philippines sometime in August 2006 shortly after the conspiracy was discovered and a few months before the Hawaii court ordered his arrest. A check of the BI’s travel information database revealed that the Balgos is an overstaying alien as he arrived in the Philippines on Aug. 20, 2006 and did not bother to extend his stay in the country. Gore, on the other hand, was arrested last Feb. 26 upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Hongkong. He is wanted to stand trial before a US district court in Illinois where he was charged with defrauding a bank in Illinois of more than US$18 million. The US embassy said Gore conspired with a Taiwanese business partner in reporting inflated accounts receivable to the Fifth Third Bank which enabled them to draw millions of dollars on their credit line with the said bank. - GMANews.TV