▁repe al ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁of ▁the ▁imm unity ▁that ▁had ▁shield ed ▁civil ian ▁officials ▁in ▁the ▁dict ator ship ▁from ▁pro sec ution ▁( Mart í nez ▁de ▁H oz ▁was ▁the ▁highest ▁ranking ▁such ▁civil ian ), ▁the ▁former ▁Econom y ▁Minister ▁was ▁formally ▁charged ▁with ▁ordering ▁the ▁ext ort ion ▁kid n apping ▁of ▁text ile ▁industrial ists ▁Feder ico ▁and ▁Miguel ▁Gut heim ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁and ▁bank er ▁Edu ardo ▁Sa ieg h ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁Martínez ▁de ▁H oz ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁bank ing ▁in ▁later ▁years , ▁and ▁was ▁f ined ▁US $ 5 ▁million ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁US $ 1 7 0 ▁million ▁Ban co ▁General ▁de ▁N ego cios ▁failure ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁He ▁was ▁placed ▁under ▁house ▁arrest ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁dict ator ship ▁eventually ▁called ▁elections ▁and ▁stepped ▁down , ▁though ▁not ▁before ▁further ▁dam aging ▁Argentina ' s ▁international ▁standing ▁with ▁the ▁dis astr ous ▁F alk lands ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁The ▁war ▁itself ▁became ▁a ▁back drop ▁for ▁cor ruption ▁when , ▁at ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁brief ▁conflict ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁a ▁Patri otic ▁Fund ▁was ▁organized ▁for ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁the ▁und ere qui pped ▁troops ▁at ▁the ▁F alk lands ▁front .