Rodrigo Duterte, former President of the Philippines, arrested at an ICC order for drug killings

Manila, Philippines – Former Filipin President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday at the International Airport Manila at the order of the International Criminal Court regarding the cases of crime against humanity filed against him, the Filipin government said.

Duterte was arrested after he arrived from Hong Kong and the police detained him in custody by order of ICC, which he explored Mass killings that occurred under the deadly suppression of a former president against illegal drugsSaid in a statement of President Ferdinand Marcos.

“Upon arrival, the prosecutor General served notifications of the ICC for an order for the former president for the crime of crimes against humanity,” the Government said. “It’s in custody of power now.”

The arrest of surprises caused crowds at the airport when lawyers and duteters helped loudly protested that they, together with the doctor and lawyers, were prevented from approaching him after taking him to police custody. “This is a violation of his constitutional law,” Senator Bong Go, a close ally of Duterte, told reporters.

Duterte’s former lawyer and spokesman Salvador Panel, in a statement claimed that the order came from a “false source”, since ICC has no jurisdiction in the Philippines, Reuters news agency reported. ICC says that he is responsible for alleged crimes committed before the country withdrew as a member.

The arrest warrant sent by the ICC sent to the Filipin officials, whose copy saw AP, said: “There are reasonable reasons for believing that the” attack on the victims “was both widely widespread and systematic: the attack occurred in a period of several years, and thousands of people have been killed.”

Duterte’s arrest was needed “to ensure his appearance before the court,” according to March 7, adding that the former president is expected to neglect the court.

It was said that even though Duterte was no longer the president, “it seems that he still has great power.”

“Considering the resulting risk of interfering with the investigation and the security of witnesses and the victims, the Chamber is convinced that Mr. Duterte’s arrest is needed,” it said.

A photo posted by his political party said he was held at the Villamor Airport Airport next to the Manilo airport, Agence France-Presses reported.

The government said Duterte is good health.

Relatives of the Duterte drug murder victims react

Duterte’s arrest and decline was amazed at the families of the victims of his bloody decay against illegal drugs and drove them to tears.

“This is a big, long -awaited day for justice,” said Randy Delos Santos, an uncle of a teenager by the police during a drug against drugs in August 2017 at the Manile Metropolis, said Associated Press.

“We now consider justice to roll. We hope that top police officers and hundreds of police officers involved in illegal murders should also be put in custody and punished,” Delos Santos said.

Three police officers who killed his nephew, Kian Delos Santos, were convicted in 2018 for a high profile murder, which is why Duterte temporarily suspended his brutal drug against drugs at the time.

The condemnation was one of at least three, so far, against the staff for the implementation of the law involved in the drug campaign, reflecting the concern of the family of victims of suspicious extra-judicial killings that they would not receive justice in the Philippines, which led to their decision to seek ICC assistance.

Long history of drug killings under Duterte

ICC explored drug killings under Duterete dated November 1, 2011, when he was still the mayor of the southern city, until March 16, 2019, as a possible crime against humanity. In 2019, Duterte withdrew the Philippines from the Roman Statute in the Human Rights Activist’s move to say that they were aimed at avoiding responsibility.

Duterte administration went to suspend a global court investigation at the end of 2021, noting that the Philippine authorities had already considered the same allegations, claiming that the ICC – the last means – had no competence.

The appeal judges on the ICC were ruled in 2023 that the investigation could continue and reject Duterte’s complaints. Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, ICC can enter into it when countries do not want or cannot prosecute suspects in the most treacked international crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

President Ferdinand Marcos JR However, Marcos’s administration announced that she would cooperate if ICC asks the international police to take Duterte to custody through the so -called red notice, a request for law enforcement agencies to find and temporarily arrest the criminal suspect.