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The visit was announced for weeks. Former President Rodrigo Deuttri of the Philippines was going to a gathering in Hong Kong during the second weekend in March. But as soon as it started, the journey took a confusing element of conspiracies: Did he come back from ever?

For many Filipinos, Mr. Doterti appears to have been trying to overcome justice. The International Criminal Court, a sudden spite of speculation in the Philippines, was about to seek to arrest him, years after the investigation of the investigation Anti -antibiotic campaign He was supervising as mayor and mayor of Davao. By being in Hong Kong, the theory went, Mr. Duterte will remain free because China is not a member of the court.

Shortly after Mr. Dutti, 79, in Hong Kong, on March 7, the International Criminal Court issued a sealed order for him. But the winds of this step reached it.

During the end of this week in Hong Kong, the footnotes – which included his partner, Hanelite Affiana, and his daughter Sarah Dutti, the current president of the president – discussed whether he would remain in Chinese lands or return to the homeland, according to two Philippines officials and a previous project that occurred in the record and cited the intelligence of the Philippines.

Salvador Pelo, his lawyer, questioned this account, saying that Mr. Doterti had not even discussed the search for asylum in China. “Why does Dotty run away?” He said. “In his time, he no longer cares about what will happen to him.”

In public places, Mr. Doterti stuck to his usual fragmentation. in On SundayA crowd of Philippine women mostly told that if he was arrested by the International Criminal Court, his fate is in life, he would accept it. His allies made statements that he would return to the Philippines on Tuesday at 4:30 pm

It was a trick.

Mr. Duterti Group has booked five trips to Manila on that day to provide their actual arrival. There was a private plane awaiting at the airport for Mr. Dutti, and he was supposed to take it to the Davao stronghold in the south, as the pioneer in the police said Nicholas Toure II I filed a complaint against Mr. Doterti With the International Criminal Court in 2017. (Mr. Belo, Lawyer of Mr. Doterti, denied this.)

Mr. Doterti landed around 9:30 am, hours before he sent his camp. But he was detained shortly after the end of the day, It was shipped to The HagueWhere he is waiting for the trial.

On that day, this account, which has not been reported in the past, depends on memories of General Toure, Mr. Trillanis and Interior Minister Junfic Rimola, as well as general data from Mr. Deutri and interviews with three of his allies.

Maybe it was more High -level detention For the International Criminal Court of relatives of tens of thousands of victims of the war of Mr. Duterti, it was finally, a A tangible step towards justice. The presidency of the current leader is likely to be determined, Ferdinand R. Marcus Junior thousands of demonstrators since then, Mr. Marcus has accused the persecution of Mr. Doterti, his predecessor and his ally.

Today’s danger seemed clear to Mr. Marcus. “There is no reason for him,” Mr. Marcus told Mr. Rimola. “We should not celebrate.”

A 80 -page plan

Mr. Marcus was elected as president in 2022, leaving Mr. Dutti. He ascended to power after forming an alliance with Sarah Doterti, who won the race for the vice president. Initially, he said that he would not cooperate with the investigation of the International Criminal Court in the drug war of Mr. Deutti because his predecessor withdrawn the Philippines from the court.

But the relations between Mr. Marcus and Mrs. Dotrt Tott are soon, and changed its course on the International Criminal Court in 2024, the Philippine Conference began an investigation into the previous president’s war’s war. But Mr. Duttti still seems unprecedented, after years of the beginning Confining thousands of brief executions.

Justice, many Filipinos hope, from the outside. The government of Mr. Marcus was also expecting the International Criminal Court to seek to arrest Mr. Deutri. The Philippine police prepared a 80 -page secret plan called “the chase” on how Mr. Doterti was detained. The scenarios of his detention included in Manila or Davao, according to a copy seen by the New York Times.

She also had maps of real estate belonging to Mr. Doterti, his partner and allies, with arrows named after the nearby streets.

In The Hague, the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court I apply for an order On February 10, Mr. Doterti accused him of crimes against humanity. It was almost released After four weeks The Philippine authorities received it through Interpol early on March 11, which led to the clearance of the road to arrest Mr. Deutri because the Philippines were still a member of Interpol.

At approximately 9:30 am, Mr. Doterti fell in Manila on the Cathy Pacific 907 flight.

“You must kill me first, if you will alliance with white foreigners,” it is He said responsible.

“My children will go after that.”

But Mr. Dotti did not offer much resistance and was sent on a bus with the police accompanied the Velamemore air base near the airport. There he waited in the presidential hall where he had once VIPs are receiving Including former Foreign Minister Michael Pombo.

Mr. Duterti’s lawyers tried to delay reading his rights so that he was not detained, and his wife, Mr. Doterti, refused to obtain an examination by a government doctor, according to General Toure.

After the police officer officially arrested him, Mr. Doterti said: “You will retire one day, and my children will go after that.”

About 90 minutes after Mr. Dotrt fell in Manila, Mr. Marcus’s office at Malakaniang Palace announced detention.

But Mr. Doterti continued to say that the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction in the Philippines.

“You know this is the policy,” Mr. Doterti told police officers and police officers.

The government was racing to fly Mr. Doterti on a rented trip to the Netherlands to avoid any potential civil unrest.

Mr. Dutti’s allies attempted to intervene, on the pretext that his detention was illegal and unconstitutional. Their request was submitted three minutes before the court closed this day.

International obligations

For strangers, the fate of Mr. Doterti seemed as clear as the hours I set. Inside the hall, Mr. Dutete sat on the presidential chair, the same used by Mr. Marcos now, and he had rice and barbecue meat with Coca-Cola.

Meanwhile, the government fell into a Berritical nightmare. Officials need to secure permission from other countries so that the rented plane can fly in the airspace on their way to The Hague. Vietnam, the first country in their list, took three hours to respond. Another delay came because officials in Amman and the United Arab Emirates have briefly their working hours for Ramadan.

Then, Mr. Doterti asked Sarah Doterti, the president of the president, a request to reject the authorities. At approximately 9.40 pm, Mrs. Doter appeared at the base, but the guards took it out. She told the correspondents there that the arrest of her father was “the kidnapping of the state.”

Inside, General Toure asked Mr. Doterti to move towards the plane. But Salvador Mediania, the former executive secretary of Mr. Dutti, crossed between the two men, in an attempt to study the former president physically. Then General Tori Medialdea was arrested for obstructing justice, incurring him personally, and sent him to the plane.

Then General Toure turned to Mr. Doterti to say: “It is time. If I have to carry you physically to the plane, I will do that.”

Mr. Dotti complied. His daughter Veronica and his partner, Mrs. Afiaa, was crying. Mr. Duttrt and Mrs. Afflea embraced. At 11:03 pm, he was in the air, accompanied by a footnote that included two doctors, nurses, three police officers, and Mr. Mediaia.

After about 15 minutes, Mr. Marcus addressed the nation from the Malaacañang Palace on the banks of the Pasig River. He rejected the idea that the arrest of Mr. Doterti was political, saying: “This is what the international community expects us as a democratic country that represents part of the community of nations.”

After his speech, Mr. Marcus boarded his bulletproof boat to return to his residence. The river was calm, and behind it, the lights of the palace were sparkling.

Aie Balagtas see The reports contributed.