C.B.P. News Release

CBP Arrests Wanted Fugitive Alien at Philadelphia Airport

Mali Man, Previously Ordered Deported, Wanted on Sex Assault Charges

(Tuesday, October 18, 2011)

Philadelphia — Customs and Border Protection officers at Philadelphia International Airport arrested an illegal alien Saturday who was wanted in Philadelphia on charges that included sexual assault, corruption of minors and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

CBP officers turned Amadou Dambagi, 38, a citizen of Mali living in Philadelphia, over to Philadelphia First Judicial Warrants Squad.

Dambagi was waiting in the International Arrivals Hall for his 22-year-old wife when CBP officers encountered him and another Mali man. Dambagi’s wife arrived from Paris, France, and CBP officers attempted to validate her intent to visit the United States.

Officers escorted the two men to the secondary inspection area after neither could produce a Permanent Resident Card and both admitted to be living in the United States for several years.

Records indicated that Dambagi entered the United States in 1998 and never left. A biometric examination revealed two aliases, an active Philadelphia Courts arrest warrant, and a deportation order from 2008.

“Customs and Border Protection preaches the importance of conducting effective and complete interviews on arriving international passengers, and the arrest of this illegal alien on sexual assault allegations is illustrative of this approach,â€