NBI Official Maintains Sara Duterte’s Kill Plot Against Marcos Exists
Lotoc said the alleged plot showed intent and persistence as prosecutors pressed impeachment charges for grave threats and inciting to sedition.
- On Monday, July 13, 2026, National Bureau of Investigation Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc testified before the Senate impeachment court that the bureau found prima facie evidence supporting criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte for grave threats and inciting to sedition.
- Duterte's November 2024 press conferences prompted the investigation after she claimed she had tapped a person to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez if anything happened to her.
- Lotoc described the Vice President's remarks as "serious, actual, and real," arguing they could lead to "anarchy" if unaddressed and asserting the bureau's evidence satisfies requirements for conviction.
- In a statement on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the Vice President dismissed the impeachment complaint as "not supported by evidence," arguing that fabricating threats undermines public institutions and erodes public trust.
- Defense counsel Atty. Mark Vinluan challenged the bureau's claims, noting no validated information exists to identify an assassin, while questioning whether the remarks constitute actionable threats under the Revised Penal Code.
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NBI official maintains Sara Duterte’s kill plot against Marcos exists
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Sara Duterte trial: Prosecution's witness says NBI did not find VP's alleged hitman
MANILA, Philippines – National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc, the second witness of the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, said his team found no “validated information” to identify the assassin supposedly hired by Duterte to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “In fact, up to now, we are still waiting (for information),” Lotoc said during the fourth day of the trial on Monday, Jul…
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