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The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, will be questioned on Tuesday by the prosecutor’s office In the framework of the investigation to determine her responsibility in the deaths that occurred during protests against her government, the president’s defense announced this Sunday (03.05.2023).
Boluarte has “all the will to want to help find out the truth and the specific investigation, his lawyer Kelly Montenegro told the newspaper Trade.
“If the prosecution indicates that the procedure is going to be in person, then it will be in person“he added. “We are going to comply with everything that the Public Ministry has.”
The prosecutor’s office began an investigation against Boluarte on January 10 for the alleged crimes of “genocidequalified homicide and serious injuries” during the anti-government demonstrations of December 2022 and January 2023 in the regions of Apurímac, La Libertad, Puno, Junín, Arequipa and Ayacucho.
Boluarte replaced former president Pedro Castillo in his capacity as vice presidentwho was detained after being removed from office by Congress on December 7 after a failed coup d’état, at a time when he was under investigation on various corruption charges.
The 53-year-old rural teacher is serving 18 months in pretrial detention in the Barbadillo prison, east of Lima.
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