On July 28, 2000, a fire killed six people at the headquarters of the National Bank of Peru amid political protests taking place in neighbouring La Colmena Avenue, in the Historic Centre of Lima.

[3] In 2009, a Peruvian court found Vladimiro Montesinos, former de facto chief of the National Intelligence Service, and Humberto Fernandini, former chief of the Peruvian National Police, guilty of the events, sentencing them to ten and six years in prison, respectively.

[4] The attack was reportedly politically motivated, with the intent of discrediting the protests through their association with an event that would've been linked to terrorist groups Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).

[3] The explosion was reportedly caused by undercover agents acting under orders of Vladimiro Montesinos.

[5] For his role in the bombing and the deaths of the six security guards, Montesinos was put on trial and sentenced in 2009 to 10 years in prison.