Beginning of the Armed Struggle (ILA) of PCP-SL
Official beginning of the armed struggle of the PCP-SL in Chuschi, Ayacucho
Declaration of the Beginning of the Armed Struggle by the Communist Party of Peru Shining Path. The action in Chuschi surprised the police forces and a large part of Peruvian society. The police forces were neither doctrinally nor logistically and operationally prepared to face this threat. Between 1980 and 1982, the FFPP was in charge of developing counter-subversive actions under the direction of the Ministry of the Interior, without receiving adequate support from the government.