NBI official maintains Sara Duterte’s kill plot against Marcos exists
An NBI official testified in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, maintaining that evidence suggests a plot to kill President Marcos Jr. The official admitted his conclusions are based on investigation findings rather than personal knowledge of the alleged contract.
Why it matters
The impeachment trial of a high-ranking official involving allegations of assassination plots against the President represents a major constitutional and political crisis in the Philippines.
MindaNews / 14 July 2026 — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) BARMM regional director Jeremy Lotoc insisted that the evidence they gathered pointed to a plot by Vice President Sara Duterte to kill President Marcos Jr.
Lotoc, however, admitted during the continuation of his cross-examination on Tuesday that their findings were based on their investigation and not on his personal knowledge that such a plot existed.
“We do believe that the Vice President had contracted [someone], but I don’t have personal knowledge, if that is the personal knowledge you want to know about. But we do believe this based on the evidence that we’ve gathered and based on our investigation,” the NBI official told defense counsel Atty. Mark Vinluan during Day 4 of Duterte’s impeachment trial.
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