About Patricia Poleo
Patricia Poleo (born 8 November 1965, Caracas) is a Venezuelan journalist and the winner of the King of Spain Journalism Award for her investigation into the whereabouts of Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori's right-hand man, Vladimiro Montesinos. She is the daughter of the journalist Rafael Poleo, wife of the former student leader Nixon Moreno, a political scientist graduated from the University of the Andes, and former director of her father's newspaper, El Nuevo País. She is known for her work and opposition to the current government in Venezuela. == Career == Poleo graduated with a degree in Social Communication and specialization in advertising from the Andrés Bello Catholic University on 31 October 1987. She carried out a journalistic investigation of the Vladimiro Montesinos case, involved in crimes against humanity during the administration of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, forcing her to denounce on several occasions the whereabouts of the fugitive, ending up in the capture of Montesinos. In this investigation, Patricia Poleo denounced that Montesinos was offered protection by security forces linked to the government of President Hugo Chávez during the time he remained hidden in Venezuelan territory. In her book Tras las huellas de Montesinos (Behind the traces of Montesinos), Poleo denounced personal attacks and harassment that attempted to keep her from her investigation. Her work earned her the Rey Juan Carlos Prize for Journalism. During the investigation of Prosecutor Danilo Anderson, in August 2005, the Venezuelan authorities detained a suspect that claimed that he collected 12 kg of C4 plastic explosive in Panama and transported it to Venezuela. On the basis the testimony, warrants were issued for the arrest of Patricia Poleo, banker Nelson Mezerhane, retired general Eugenio Áñez Núñez and Salvador Romaní, as the "intellectual authors" of the assassination.
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