Manila, Philippines—Lawyers for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, believed headed for The Hague to face the International Criminal Court
Former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and former President Rodrigo Duterte inside a chartered private jet bound for The Hague, Netherlands on March 12, 2025.
On Wednesday morning, his lawyers filed a Supreme Court petition—on behalf of his youngest daughter Veronica—accusing the government of “kidnapping” Duterte and demanding it “bring him back.” “This is not just surrendering a Filipino citizen, this is surrendering a Filipino citizen who is accused of crimes against humanity, specifically murder,” she said.At a church in the capital, some of those whose family members were killed in the “drug war” discussed the arrest.
Duterte was arrested Tuesday morning after “Interpol Manila received the official copy of the warrant of the arrest from the ICC,” the presidential palace said. Her office issued a statement Wednesday saying she had flown to Amsterdam, without offering further details. It launched a formal inquiry in September 2021, only to suspend it two months later after Manila said it was re-examining several hundred drug operations that led to deaths.
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