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The Montoneros initiated a campaign to destabilize the pro-American regime then in power. In retaliation against the June 1956 [[León Suárez massacre]] and [[Juan José Valle]]'s execution, the Montoneros kidnapped and executed former dictator [[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu]] (1955–1958) and other citizens who collaborated with him among them, unionists, politicians, diplomats, and businessmen. They financed their operations by ransoming rich businessmen or foreign executives, gaining as much as $14.2 million in a single deal in 1974 for an [[Exxon]] executive.
On [[March 11]], [[1973]], Argentina held general elections for the first time in ten years. Perón loyalist [[Héctor Cámpora]] became president, before resigning in July to allow Perón to win the new elections in October. However a feud developed between right-wing Peronists and the Montoneros. The right-wingers, the unions, and the Radical Party leaded by [[Ricardo Balbín]], favoured a social pact between trade unions and employers rather than a socialist revolution. Right-wingers and Montoneros clashed at Perón's homecoming ceremony during the [[1973 Ezeiza massacre|June 20, 1973 Ezeiza massacre]], leaving 13 dead and more than 300 wounded. Perón supported the [[trade union|unions]], the radicals leaded by [[Ricardo Balbín]] and the right-wing peronists, among whom [[José López Rega]], founder of the ''[[Alianza Anticomunista Argentina]]'' ("Triple A") [[death squad]], which had organized the massacre, along with the Peronist
In May 1974, the Montoneros were expelled from the [[Justicialist]] movement by Perón. However, the Montoneros waited until after the death of Perón in July 1974 to react, with the exception of the assassination of [[José Ignacio Rucci]], general secretary of the CGT ([[General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)|General Confederation of Labour]]) on [[September 25]], [[1973]], and some other military actions.
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