Frecuencia Latina bombing

On 5 June 1992, the terrorist organization Shining Path carried out a truck bombing at the main headquarters of the television channel Frecuencia 2 (later renamed Latina Televisión in 2014) in the Jesús María district of Lima, Peru.

The attackers used a truck belonging to the Peruvian Naval Infantry, which had been stolen approximately two hours before the attack. The vehicle was rigged with an explosive payload of approximately 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil mixed with dynamite. The truck was driven to the television station and detonated.

The explosion destroyed the television station's facilities, which later had to be reconstructed, and also destroyed several nearby vehicles as well as a school of architecture located across the street from the station.

The bombing injured more than 20 people and killed three: television producer Alejandro Pérez and guards Javier Requis and Teddy Hidalgo.

This case is documented in the English Wikipedia article on the Frecuencia Latina bombing. Two additional corroborating references are associated with this case's sourcing: a contemporaneous Associated Press report and an entry from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) database concerning journalist Alejandro Pérez. These corroborating sources are included in the citations for reference but no additional factual claims beyond those in the primary Wikipedia source have been drawn from them for this dossier.