Former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has died in prison while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity.
General Videla, 87, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of the Dirty War dictatorship. He died of natural causes.
The BBC reports he was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during the 1976-83 dictatorship, of which he was overall leader until 1981.
Up to 30,000 people were tortured and killed during this period.
General Videla had been sentenced to life in prison for torture, murder and other crimes in 1985, but was pardoned in 1990 under an amnesty given by then President Carlos Menem.
Last year, he was also convicted of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.
In an interview last year, General Videla said the crackdown he oversaw was the price Argentina had to pay in order to remain a republic.
"War, by nature, is cruel," he said. "An internal war, between brothers, is especially cruel."
