Montevideo , Uruguay ( CNN ) -- A court sentenced former Uruguayan President Juan Maria Bordaberry to 30 years in prison on Wednesday for the coup that consolidated his power in 1973 and for human rights violations . Judge Mariana Mota convicted Bordaberry of violating the constitution , nine counts of `` forced disappearance '' and two counts of political homicide . Bordaberry , 81 , had already been under house arrest since 2007 for the killings of two opposition legislators in 1976 . Bordaberry assumed office in 1972 following an election that has since been questioned . In 1973 , he backed a military coup that kept him in power , and dissolved congress and suspended the country 's constitution . The military pushed him out in favor of another leader in 1976 . Journalist Dario Klein contributed to this report for CNN .
Juan Maria Bordaberry assumed presidency in 1972 . The first thing he did was to create a new currency, the peso. Judge convicts him of political homicide , forced disappearance . Military pushes Bordaberry out in 1976 .