In Chile, former dictator Augusto Pinochet was questioned Wednesday for his role in the torture of political opponents at Villa Grimaldi, one of that country’s most notorious secret prisons. Prosecutors want to charge Pinochet with the torture and disappearance of at least three dozen people. Judge Alejandro Solis spoke after visiting Pinochet’s home in Santiago.

Judge Alejandro Solis: “We were in the home of General Augusto Pinochet to interrogate him. He is accused regarding 35 cases of kidnapping and people who were arrested and disappeared in the Villa Grimaldi, as well as the case of 23 people who charge they were tortured. The General voices the opinion with which we all are familiar. He insists that he is not responsible for these events and that he does not even know the circumstances or the names of the victims.”

Pinochet’s interrogation comes days after Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visited Villa Grimaldi last week. Bachelet was imprisoned and tortured there more than 30 years ago under the Pinochet regime.