Overview

• Security-camera footage shows a man arriving by mototaxi, lighting a fuse and throwing the device through a broken window at the Huaral home of journalist Carlos Alberto Mesías Zárate.
• The family dog, Manchis, bit and extinguished the fuse, preventing an explosion but suffering vocal-cord damage that left her unable to bark.
• Explosives unit UDEX removed the cartridge, identified it as manufactured by Famesa and characterized the device’s power as consistent with an assassination attempt.
• Police say extortion has been ruled out, and the journalist links the attack to his investigations into illicit and criminal activity in the region.
• No suspect has been identified or arrested, and the case remains under investigation as public attention focuses on protecting Manchis and the family.