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On 5 March 2010, Bordaberry was sentenced to 30 years in prison (the maximum allowed under Uruguayan law) for murder and of being the intellectual author of kidnappings and disappearances of political opponents of the regime. [36] In ill health, Bordaberry was held under house arrest and died in 2011 at the age of 83. [37]
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José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (Spanish: [xoˈse muˈxika]; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. [1] A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.
‘City of God’ Director, DP Reteam on ‘El Abuso,’ About Former Uruguayan President Mújica’s Historic 1971 Prison Break (EXCLUSIVE) Jamie Lang. February 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM.
He joined the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU) and its armed wing the Popular Revolutionary Organization-33 (OPR 33). [1] He was also a union member in the Federation of Meat Industry Workers and the National Workers' Convention. [2] On August 6, 1972, Mechoso was arrested in a hotel and tortured in captivity.
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (Spanish: [boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈsena]; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011), was an Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship from 1973 to 1976.
Uruguay's former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, widely known as a leftist icon who transformed his small country into one of the most socially liberal in all of Latin America, said ...
Former Uruguayan president Juan María Bordaberry, his minister of Foreign Affairs and six military officers, responsible for the disappearance in Argentina in 1976 of opponents to the Uruguayan regime, were arrested in 2006 and placed under house arrest in 2007. In 2010, Bordaberry was convicted of violating the constitution, nine counts of ...