On this page you will find a sample of my most recent investigations. For my work at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires as a foreign correspondent, click here.
America’s Wall
This isn’t President Trump’s wall. This is America’s wall. A months-long investigation led by Jean Guerrero with her team at KPBS and inewsource revealed never-before-published details about how construction on the existing U.S.-Mexico border fence pushed illegal cross-border traffic into the desert, into the ocean, into the earth and into the sky. Jean also sought out people whose lives have been shaped by America’s wall. The web series was an unprecedented digital innovation for the newsroom.
America’s Wall: Decades-Long Struggle To Secure US-Mexico Border (RECOMMENDED READ)
PBS: Will Trump’s Wall Ever Be Built?
Vigilante: Bob Maupin Patrols His Border-Adjacent Property
Rescuer: Ely Ortiz Searches For The Dead At The Border (RECOMMENDED READ)
Mother: Cross-Border Wife Commutes To See Deported Husband
Border Wall Designs Deemed Breakable
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection report obtained by Jean Guerrero through FOIA shows new border wall barriers could fail to keep people from breaking into the U.S. — at least if they’re based on the steel and concrete barriers tested in last year’s $5-million Otay Mesa prototype project. The heavily-redacted report reveals that every single mock-up was deemed vulnerable to at least one breaching technique. Read her investigation.
Abuses Against The Deported
What happens to people deported from the U.S.? Jean Guerrero wanted to find out. She followed the plight of deportees for more than a year in a series of investigative reports that took her into Mexico’s sewers and won first-place San Diego Press Club awards, including Best Of Show, shedding light on human rights violations. Tijuana’s police chief was asked to resign the night the final report in this series aired on PBS NewsHour.
NPR: Why Tijuana’s ‘Tunnel People’ Take The Risk
KPBS: Missing Funds And People In Tijuana’s Homeless Relocation Effort (RECOMMENDED READ)
KPBS: Tijuana Migrants Hide In Tunnels As Police Raids Turn Deadly
PBS: Police Step Up Efforts To Evict Homeless People From Canal
Hundreds Dying At The Border
Jean Guerrero journeyed into one of the deadliest smuggling routes at the U.S.-Mexico border to tell the story of the men who risk their lives to save lost migrants. She filmed a majority of the TV pieces on her iPhone. A version appeared on PBS NewsHour and Part I won the Sol Price for Responsible Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists.
KPBS: Threat Of Trump’s Wall Intensifies Search For Dying Migrants
PBS: These Volunteers Search For Migrants Who Go Missing
KPBS: A Brother’s Fatal Journey Inspires Altruism
KPBS: Danger Stalks Search Group In The Desert
KPBS: A Quixotic Immigrant Forges A Humanitarian Path
Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Immigrants And Detainees
Jean Guerrero has been telling the stories of asylum seekers, refugees, immigrants and detainees who allege abuses by U.S. officials or face unique challenges in this country. Start by reading about Jose Demar Fuentes, who came to the U.S. fleeing violence in El Salvador with his 1-year-old son, Mateo. His son was taken by immigration officials.
PBS: The Caravan Targeted By Trump
KPBS: Father Fleeing Violence Seeks Reunion With Son Taken By Immigration Officials (RECOMMENDED READ)
PBS: Migrant Seeking Asylum Says His Toddler Was Taken Away At U.S. Border
KPBS: Women Suffering From Consequences Of Genital Mutilation In U.S.
PBS: Tijuana Welcomes Haitian Immigrants Stuck at U.S.-Mexico Border
KPBS: Pregnant Mother Fights For Release From Immigration Detention
KPBS: Family Still Awaiting Justice For Taser Death At Border
