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Marcos has said Quiboloy must first face his cases here before any talk of being transferred to the US, where he has been charged with sex trafficking by a California court
Claim: Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy has been turned over to the United States to face the criminal charges filed against him.
Rating: False
Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video bearing the claim was posted on September 11 and has 66,325 views, 189 comments, and 820 likes as of writing. The YouTube channel that posted the video has over 208,000 subscribers.
The video’s title and thumbnail bear the claim: “Quiboloy turned over to USA.”
Throughout the video, a cropped image of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is shown along with a clip featuring Davao region police director Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil.
The facts: Quiboloy, who faces cases of child abuse and human trafficking, has not been extradited to the US.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on September 9 that the Philippines has not received any extradition request from the US. Marcos said Quiboloy must face his cases in the Philippines first before any talk of being transferred to the US, where he has been charged with sex trafficking by a California court. The doomsday preacher has also been on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most wanted list since 2021 for alleged sex trafficking and child abuse.
On September 13, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that while it has not yet received an extradition request, DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is “aware” that an official request from the US “is on its way.”
The Philippines has an extradition treaty with the US. Under this treaty, if a person is being prosecuted in the Philippines and the US requests extradition, the Philippine government can choose to turn that person over to the US first and finish the prosecution there or postpone the extradition request and finish the investigation here.
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Out-of-context media: A reverse image search on the clip used in the misleading video showed that the footage was from the Inquirer’s live stream of the PNP’s press conference last September 9, starting from the 26:27 mark. In the clip, Torre was talking about Quiboloy’s hideout inside the KOJC compound in Davao City, where police conducted a two-week-long search for the preacher.
Contrary to the claim, at no point during the press conference did Marbil or Torre mention that Quiboloy has been transferred to the US.
Facing cases: The video was uploaded following Quiboloy’s “surrender” to authorities last September 8 after a months-long manhunt. On Friday, September 13, Quiboloy finally faced the Pasig Regional Trial Court for his arraignment.
Quiboloy pleaded not guilty to the trafficking charge against him. He also faces child and sexual abuse cases before a Quezon City court.
Previous fact checks: Rappler has published several fact-checks related to Quiboloy:
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Barbra Althea Gavilan is a Rappler intern. She is a fourth year Journalism student at the University of Santo Tomas.
