His use of the guard to silence or outlaw his opponents and his enrichment at his country's expense led to his overthrow in 1979.  
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he served as commander of his country's National Guard from 1955 to 1967 and succeeded his brother, Luis, to the presidency.  His use of the guard to silence or outlaw his opponents and his enrichment at his country's expense led to his overthrow in 1979.  Assassinated in Asuncion, Paraguay, the following year, FTP, who is this dictator, the last of a dynasty that began when the U.S. supported his father's 1936 seizure of the presidency in Nicaragua.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he served as commander of his country's National Guard from 1955 to 1967 and succeeded his brother, Luis, to the presidency.  
Anastasio Somoza Debayle