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Chorrillos Military School

Peruvian Army officer education institution

Field	Value
name	Chorrillos Military School
native_name
image	Escuela Militar de Chorrillos logo.png
image_size	250px
motto
mottoeng	Discipline, Moral and Equity
established
type	Military academy
president	Brig. Gen. Carlos Alberto Rabanal Calderon
city	Lima
country	Peru
address	Av. Escuela Militar S/N, Chorrillos
website

The Chorrillos Military School () is the institution in charge of the undergraduate education of officers of the Peruvian Army.

Overview

The school was opened in 1830 during the first government of Agustín Gamarra and was relocated to Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, in 1888, hence its name.

, its director was Brigade General Carlos Rabanal Calderon.

It was also the alma mater of Manuel Noriega (1962), Vladimiro Montesinos (1966), and Hugo Chávez Frías (1974).

It contains the Escuela de Comandos (Commando School). In 1997, a replica of the Japanese Diplomatic Residency was secretly built there. Tunnels were dug and the rescue plan was practiced again and again until perfect for the Operation Chavin de Huantar that ended the Japanese embassy hostage crisis. it still existed and was considered a monument to those who took part in the rescue, and sometimes still used in training.

References

Ángel Páez. (6 January 2013). "19 generales de la promoción Humala asumen mandos de grandes unidades EP". [[La República (Peru).
Hooper, Simon. (7 July 2010). "The rise and fall of Noriega, Central America's strongman". [[CNN]].
Cisneros, Claudia. (26 November 2000). "Peru's New Government Fires 15 Generals". [[CNN]].
(6 March 2013). "Chávez llegó al Perú en 1974 como cadete y se inspiró en el velasquismo". [[La República (Peru).
Stuart Starrs. (August 18, 2008). "Japanese hostage crisis and Operation Chavin de Huantar". ...en Perú.

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