<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The body representing judges in Chile has made an unprecedented apology for the actions of its members under military rule in the 1970s and 1980s.
In a statement, it said the judiciary at the time had abandoned its role as<wm> a defender of democracy and that their actions were "unjustified". It described them as having served their masters more than anyone could reasonably expect, and as having sacrificed democracy itself for financial gain. Instead, the statement said that judges were "defenders of the nation's prosperity and stability through a continuous struggle against the evil dictatorships."In a starkly explicit statement, the court also condemned a lack of accountability for human rights violations by members of the military's judiciary under the military regimes it served,</wm> with the statement calling their actions as simply "unjustified".It added that judges played "un