Alejandra Matus

Alejandra Matus Acuña (San Antonio, January 11, 1966) is a Chilean journalist and writer recognized for her disclosure of human rights abuses that occurred during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

While working at the defunct Chilean newspaper La Época [es], she covered news on the judicial branch of Chile.

The available copies of the book were confiscated one day before the planned release and Matus was accused of contempt by Servando Jordán [es], minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, in violation of State Security law.

The book included information such as the behavior of judges during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and the crimes that some committed for being members of the Supreme Court, which put them in a position of abuse of power in certain circumstances.

One day before its launch, Minister Servando Jordán requested to confiscate all copies, accusing the author of violating the State Security Law.