Dissuaded

In December, Seineldin leads a new uprising, 48 hours before the arrival in Argentina of President George Bush; the rebellion is put down, weapon in hand, by the assistant chief of staff of the army, General Martin Baiza. Menem wants to have the prisoners shot, but is dissuaded by his advisers. Days later, he pardons the former members of the military junta sentenced by the courts, as well as the Montonero leaders Mario Firmenich (sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment), Fernando Vaca Narvaja, and Roberto Perdia (who was living in exile).

Horacio Verbitsky's Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior