Anthony Alcantara

Education Alcantara graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1979. On November 27, 2009, Alcantara assumed command of the 6th Infantry Division in Cotabato City four days after the Maguindanao massacre occurred, enforcing the government's nine-day implementation of martial law in order to arrest the incident's perpetrators and prevent further violence from occurring.

In May 2011, Alcantara was named deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, succeeding Emmanuel Bautista and holding the position until early February 2012, when he assumed command of the AFP Northern Luzon Command. By August 2024, Alcantara was appointed executive director of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC).

On the morning of March 11, 2025, Alcantara, in coordination with Interpol, served with prosecutor general Richard Fadullon of the Department of Justice the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to former president Rodrigo Duterte upon the latter's return from Hong Kong.