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In January 1979, the Montoneros leadership publicly announced through its Evita Montonera magazine that it was ready to launch a counteroffensive in Argentina and topple the Military Junta, with the help of the various trade unions and affiliated workers. As a precursor to their final attacks, the Montoneros had targeted the World Cup Football Tournament being held in Argentina in 1978, launching a number of bomb attacks.

In January 1979, the Montoneros leadership publicly announced through its Evita Montonera magazine that it was ready to launch a counteroffensive in Argentina and topple the Military Junta, with the help of the various trade unions and affiliated workers. As a precursor to their final attacks, the Montoneros had targeted the World Cup Football Tournament being held in Argentina in 1978, launching a number of bomb attacks.

The Montoneros commanders had carefully studied the strategy that made possible the Sandinista victory in July 1979 in Nicaragua. Firmenich had even travelled to Managua to study in person the lessons of the Nicaraguan Revolution. As Firmenich declared on the eve of the Sandinista victory: ''"the solution to the crisis experienced in Argentina is to do what is being done in Nicaragua."'' The ''comandante'' of the Montoneros commandos (Tropas Especiales de Infantería or TEI) selected to take part in the infiltration in the work factories, Raúl Yager, explained that the purpose of the infiltrations was to assist in promoting open street battles. The conditions were ripe for a revolution, he believed, because the trade union protests had already gained momentum.

The Montoneros commanders had carefully studied the strategy that made possible the Sandinista victory in July 1979 in Nicaragua. Firmenich had even travelled to Managua to study in person the lessons of the Nicaraguan Revolution. As Firmenich declared on the eve of the Sandinista victory: ''"the solution to the crisis experienced in Argentina is to do what is being done in Nicaragua."''<ref>Argentina's "Dirty War": An Intellectual Biography, Donald C. Hodges, University of Texas Press, 2011</ref>The ''comandante'' of the Montoneros commandos (Tropas Especiales de Infantería or TEI) selected to take part in the infiltration in the work factories, Raúl Yager, explained that the purpose of the infiltrations was to assist in promoting open street battles. The conditions were ripe for a revolution, he believed, because the trade union protests had already gained momentum.<ref>"Thus Raúl Yager explained that the purpose of the armed counteroffensive was to assist in promoting a mass insurrection. The conditions were propitious for insurrection, he believed, because the trade union counteroffensive was under way." Argentina's "Dirty War": An Intellectual Biography, Donald C. Hodges, p. 206, University of Texas Press, 2011</ref>

In late 1979, the Montoneros launched their ''"strategic counteroffensive"'' in Argentina, and the forewarned security forces killed more than one hundred of the exiled Montoneros, who had been sent back to Argentina with false passports after receiving special forces training in PLO camps in Lebanon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170619051140/http://elortiba.org/docmon82.html Estremecedor informe de inteligencia militar durante la dictadura]</ref>

In late 1979, the Montoneros launched their ''"strategic counteroffensive"'' in Argentina, and the forewarned security forces killed more than one hundred of the exiled Montoneros, who had been sent back to Argentina with false passports after receiving special forces training in PLO camps in Lebanon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170619051140/http://elortiba.org/docmon82.html Estremecedor informe de inteligencia militar durante la dictadura]</ref>