Overview

• The Second Office of the Second Provincial Criminal Corporate Prosecutor’s Office of Carabayllo launched a preliminary investigation led by prosecutor Juan Manuel Méndez Navarro.
• Authorities are investigating the alleged crime of producción de peligro común con medios catastróficos after an explosive device destroyed the parked vehicle of regidor Yhony Montero Castro.
• The blast occurred early Wednesday on Avenida Amador Merino Reyna outside the councillor’s residence, causing severe damage to the car but no injuries and triggering alarm among neighbors.
• Ordered steps include the councillor’s statement to the Police Division for Crimes Against the State, retrieval of security-camera recordings, a UDEX technical examination to determine the device and detonation method, and a police damage inspection.
• No suspects or motive have been identified; Montero Castro said he had not received prior threats and media described the device as possibly a grenade, a detail that remains unconfirmed pending the UDEX peritaje.