First Military School of the PCP-SL
First Military School of the PCP-SL held in Jicamarca, Chaclacayo, personally directed by Abimael Guzmán in April 1980. Its objective was to militarize the party and prepare the electoral boycott prior to the beginning of the armed struggle.
In April 1980, the Central Committee of the PCP-SL held the first Military School in Jicamarca, Chaclacayo. This school was personally directed by Abimael Guzmán, maximum leader of the PCP-SL. The main objective of this military school was to develop the militarization of the party and to prepare for the boycott of the upcoming May 1980 elections. This military school represented a crucial step in the preparation of the PCP-SL for the beginning of the armed struggle that would officially begin in May 1980 with the attack in Chuschi, Ayacucho.