After the fall of the military junta, Roberto Eduardo Viola, together with others in positions of responsibility during the dictatorship, was indicted and put on trial.
His trial - and that of the overall military junta - opened on 22 April 1985. Viola was indicted for numerous human rights violations.
On 9 December 1985, he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment.
In December 1990, however, he was pardoned by President Menem and freed from prison.
