Marcos defends Duterte's arrest and extradition to ICC

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. defended the Philippines' decision to arrest former President Rodrigo Duterte and extradite him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a fulfillment of its international obligations.

Marcos stated during a briefing late Tuesday, March 11, that Interpol requested assistance upon receiving an official copy of the ICC warrant, and the Department of Justice promptly served it.

Vice President Sara Duterte denounced her father's arrest as a 'blatant affront to our sovereignty' and called it a betrayal of national dignity.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by police acting on an ICC warrant for alleged crimes against humanity related to his war on drugs, shortly after arriving in the Philippines from Hong Kong.

Duterte faces charges of murder as part of the crime against humanity for the drug crackdown that resulted in thousands of deaths, according to human rights groups.

The chartered plane carrying Duterte and others flew out of Villamor Airbase at 11:03 pm on March 11, heading to The Hague in the Netherlands.