Somoza's National Guardsmen fled to Honduras, including Comandante Bravo who was assassinated by the Sandinistas. Because of Bravo's assassination, other former guards sought assistance from other countries such as the United States, Honduras, and Argentina. The three countries divided the task, known as the tripartite: General Alvarez of Honduras allowed the construction of bases near the border with Nicaragua, Argentina would train the Contras in guerrilla tactics, and the United States would provide funding for training and equipment. The Contras had little chance of defeating the Sandinista army, so General Alvarez of Honduras planned to provoke the Sandinistas into attacking Honduras, which if the Sandinistas invaded Honduras would give the United States an excuse to send troops in Nicaragua. The United States never agreed to send troops to attack the Sandinistas, and other Honduran officials feared that the United States would abandon the Contra movement as it had during the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. The main reason Argentina joined the tripartite party was to curry favor with the United States as a new world power, but when Argentina invaded the South Atlantic islands, the United States neither provided assistance nor remained neutral, leading to the collapse of the tripartite. Although the tripartite plan did not work as originally intended, it allowed the Contras to become a strong military force to oppose the