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The majority of Peronist officials in the national, provincial, and municipal governments were promptly arrested, and many would join the ranks of the " disappeared " during the subsequent Dirty War, including numerous right-wing Peronists.

Isabel Perón herself remained under house arrest in Villa La Angostura and other secluded locations for five years, eventually sent into exile in Spain in 1981.

She continued to serve as official head of the Peronist Justicialist Party until her resignation in 1985, nearly a decade after her fall from power.

Though there were some who desired her return and wished for her return to power, she refused to stand for election to the presidency.

She lived in Madrid, maintained close links with Francisco Franco's family, and sometimes went to Marbella, a Spanish coastal city.