 On 28 August 1975 the Montoneros planted a bomb in a culvert at the Tucumán air base airstrip.The blast destroyed an air force C-130 transport carrying 116 anti-guerrilla commandos of the Gendarmerie, killing five and wounding 40, one of whom later died of his injuries.The network of Montoneros militants had been largely uprooted by the government in the capital of Tucumán province.