Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early today at home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country’s war against so-called subversives. He was 83.

Former dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry was sentenced to 30 years in prison for violating the constitution when he led a 1973 coup that began 12 years of dictatorship in Uruguay, the prosecutor said.