It was a hair-raising situation.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado disguised herself in a wig to pass though ten military checkpoints — then hopped onto fishing skiff in the dead of night escape the socialist country and receive a Nobel Peace, sources said Thursday.

Machado made her daring, days-long secret journey to Norway — braving the choppy, open ocean before hopping onto a private jet — with help from a team of private American rescuers, according to CBS .

“She has a very large target on her back,” Bryan Stern, a U.S. special forces veteran, who helped her flee the country, told the station.

“This is not a random shopkeeper who doesn’t wanna be in Venezuela anymore. This is moving around a rock star,” said Stern, who works with the rescue firm Grey Bull.

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