On November 3rd, 1995, the military weapons factory of the city of Río Tercero, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, exploded. The executive branch declared it was an accident when in fact, the warehouses were intentionally blown up in order to hide pieces of evidence of arms-trafficking in which the president Carlos Menem was involved. Seven people were killed, and more than three hundred wounded, and the city crammed with shards and warfare ammunitions which citizens brought to their homes as souvenirs.