Jean Guerrero
Investigative ReporterJean Guerrero is a former KPBS reporter with extensive experience covering Latin America. Her KPBS reporting focused on family separations at the border, Trump's wall, deportations, and migrant caravan. Her work was recognized by the San Diego Press Club, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter, and the Society for Professional Journalists, including "Best Body Of Work" in 2018.
She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Mexico City as a foreign correspondent. She won the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize in 2016. Her book "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir" was published in 2018 by One World (Random House).
Jean holds a B.A. in journalism and a minor in neuroscience from the University of Southern California. She also has an MFA degree in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.
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Tijuana's police chief Alejandro Lares resigned Friday, saying he hoped this would stop a "perverse media campaign" against the police department. A spokeswoman for Lares said he was asked to resign. -
Mexican nationals and other non-U.S. citizens must now scan their travel documents at new technology kiosks when leaving the country through the Otay Mesa pedestrian crossing. -
A trusted traveler program is expanding its hours of operation at the Otay Mesa port of entry starting next Tuesday. -
President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget sets aside nearly $250 million to add new lanes and other facilities to Calexico's main port of entry. -
Executive chef Bernard Guillas said when he saw the sea lion on a dining booth seat, he thought, "Better call SeaWorld, because I think that little guy wants to take a swim and be back with mom and dad." -
KPBS Midday EditionTo hide from the police, hundreds of homeless migrants in Tijuana have taken shelter in dark tunnels branching out from the city's river canal. Some get struck and killed on nearby highways when police find them and they try to flee.
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