Peru’s President Dina Bolluarte is expected to be questioned by the prosecutor’s office on Tuesday as part of an investigation aimed at establishing her responsibility for the deaths during the protests against her government, a lawyer for the Latin American head of state said on Sunday.

Ms. Boluarte “wants to help find out what the truth is,” her lawyer, Kelly Montenegro, told El Comercio newspaper. “We will comply with everything (requested) by the prosecution,” he assured.

The prosecutor’s office announced on January 10 that it had opened an investigation into Ms. Boluarte for “genocide,” serial “aggravated murder” and “causing grievous bodily harm,” referring to her role in the bloody crackdown on anti-government protests since December of 2022 to January 2023.

Ministers and former ministers of her government are also targeted in the investigation.

Peru remains mired in a serious political and social crisis that erupted on December 7, with the suspension, arrest and pretrial detention of left-wing former president Pedro Castillo, who was replaced by his then-vice president, Dina Bolluarte.

Mr. Castillo, 53, is accused of attempting a coup when he tried to dissolve parliament, which was preparing to suspend him. He is in a detention center in Lima, having been given an 18-month pretrial detention.

His fall after seventeen months in power sparked protests and violence that left at least 48 dead and more than 600 injured. Ten civilians and six soldiers were injured on Saturday, in new protests in the Puno region.

The protesters are demanding that Ms Bolluarte resign, that Congress be dissolved and that early parliamentary and presidential elections be held in 2023.