Other military officers involved in planning the putsch were René López, Edwin Ditmer, Héctor Bustamante, Mario Garay, Carlos Martínez, Raúl Jofre, and José Gasset.
Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Souper and the other participants in the failed coup attempt against President Allende (an event known in Chile as the Tanquetazo) were given refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador (whose dictatorship was hostile to Allende).