Yoma insisted that they were close friends, and was proven right when it was found out that Yabran had given Menem a mansion in Buenos Aires as a marriage gift. Justice Minister Elias Jassan had to resign over the 102 calls he personally made to Yabran and because of the calls that he had with Yabran's bodyguards the day after the murder of Cabezas. Cabinet Minister Jorge Rodriguez was criticised for receiving Yabran in the Casa Rosada. Suicide In 1998, Yabrán was found dead in one of his houses, with a gunshot through his face which left him nearly unrecognisable. References 20th-century Argentine businesspeople Suicides by firearm in Argentina Argentine people of Lebanese descent 1944 births 1998 deaths 1998 suicides