 In 1973 José López Rega returned with Juan Perón to Argentina, who that year was elected as president.After being appointed as Minister of Social Welfare, López Rega reinstated Almirón in the federal police, along with his father-in-law, Commissioner José Ramón Morales.Almirón was assigned to López Rega's personal guard and that for Isabel Perón, who had been elected vice-president that year.