In 2012 , Menem was ordered to stand trial for obstruction of justice in an investigation of a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in which 85 people died ; he was accused of covering up evidence connecting the attack to Hezbollah and Iran . In 2013 , after an Appeals Court ruling found Menem guilty of smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia , he was sentenced to seven years in prison . As a Senator , however , he was immune from incarceration , and was instead placed under house arrest . Oscar Camilión , who had been his Defense Minister , was sentenced to five and a half years
1994 bombing of a Jewish community center
AMIA bombing
Corruption in Argentina