( CNN ) -- Authorities said Friday that an Iraqi man accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become `` too Westernized '' has been taken into custody in Atlanta , Georgia . U.S . Marshals arrested Faleh Hassan Almaleki , 48 , in Atlanta , according to spokesman James Ergas . Police in Peoria , Arizona , say Almaleki struck his 20-year-old daughter , Noor Faleh Almaleki , and her friend Amal Edan Khalaf with the Jeep Laredo he was driving in a parking lot in Peoria on October 20 . After the incident , Almaleki drove to Mexico , abandoning his vehicle in Nogales , Peoria police said in a statement Friday . He then made his way to Mexico City and boarded a plane to London , England . British authorities denied him entry into the country , and he was put on a plane back to the United States , police said . Authorities arrested him late Thursday afternoon when he arrived at Atlanta 's airport , police said , and he is awaiting extradition to Arizona . He will face two counts of aggravated assault , police said . Almaleki was angry with his daughter `` as she had become too 'Westernized ' and was not living according to [ the family 's ] traditional Iraq [ i ] values , '' Peoria police said in a statement last week . The daughter was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and remains `` unresponsive , '' Peoria police said Friday . Khalaf , 43 , with injuries that are not life-threatening , is in serious but stable condition , police said . Noor Faleh Almaleki lives with Khalaf , Peoria police said . They did not elaborate on how the two women knew each other . Peoria is about 13 miles northwest of Phoenix . CNN 's Tristan Smith contributed to this report .
NEW : Man fled Arizona , was denied entry into England , officials say . Authorities say man struck daughter , friend with car in Arizona parking lot . Dad thought 20-year-old woman had become `` too Westernized , '' officials say . U.S . Marshals arrest Faleh Almaleki , 48 , at Georgia airport .