Patricia López, the journalist who thoroughly investigated the state's dirty secrets, has died.

BarcelonaJournalist Patricia López Lucio passed away this Sunday from an aggressive cancer. López dedicated her journalistic career to investigative reporting. She covered crime stories, but above all, she focused on the far right and a web of corruption involving politicians, journalists, judges, and police officers. She thoroughly investigated issues related to the state's dirty tricks, such as those linked to the Villarejo case, and uncovered recordings implicating former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz, of the People's Party, in the creation of the notorious "patriotic police." The journalist never stopped working and was publishing until just two weeks ago in Red Daily.

At the end of November, López explained his fight against cancer and denounced how he had been fired after announcing that he needed to undergo medical tests.

López began his career in the late nineties, collaborating with the magazine Time between 1997 and 2006, and in 2000 she worked as an editor at Woman of todayBetween 2002 and 2006, he was part of the crime magazine That's just how things areand later, he served as head of research at the newspaper Business & LifestyleIn 2011, she worked as a community manager for the NGO Movement Against Intolerance and as an assistant director on the program Open File from Antena 3.

From 2012 onwards, he dedicated himself fully to investigative journalism as a freelancer. He developed much of his career in Public, He also wrote in Interview and Daily Network and founded and led Free ChronicleIn addition, she participated in several television talk shows, such as Everything is a lie On Cuatro, just a few weeks ago.

The journalist was brave enough to point out and denounce powerful people on the right and far right. She published extensive articles about the espionage cases in Podemos, Barça, and various Catalan pro-independence political groups. All of this caused her considerable problems and several lawsuits. On one occasion, the journalist had reported receiving threats, but that no one believed her. In the end, she was able to prove it because she recorded them.