Kenitra Air Base, where most of the rebellious air force officers were based, was surrounded and 220 men were prosecuted, all of whom were officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers from the air base. The United States foreign relation files showed that the U.S. had emergency evacuation already being planned for their nationals in Morocco. It also showed that at the time no other countries were for or against the attacks other than Libya which publicly supported the rebellious act without lending a helping hand in the attack. General Oufkir was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds later on 16 August, ostensibly from suicide according to the official narrative said to be first because he felt shameful for endangering the King twice but later said to be because he learned the King knew of the betrayal. His daughter,
Malika Oufkir, claimed, in her autobiography
Stolen Lives, that she found bullet wounds all over his body in the liver, lungs, stomach, back and neck. Many of his relatives were imprisoned, not being released until 1991, speculated to be because of international criticism for possible human rights abuses. General
Mohamed Amekrane fled to
Gibraltar after the coup's failure; he failed to gain asylum and was extradited back to Morocco, where he was
executed by firing squad. Soldiers suspected to have been involved in the coup were put on trial, with many receiving lengthy prison sentences and being sent to secret detention camps. Few of them survived. Furthermore, the regime isolated the military from the political sphere by removing the ranks of defense minister, major general, and deputy major general. == Motives ==