On a warm, winter Sunday, the Playas de Tijuana in Mexico is filled with families picnicking. The beach here presses right up against the border wall with the United States. Music blares, teenagers film TikTok videos next to the 30-foot high fence, which is covered in painted murals on the Mexican side—butterflies, faces, human hands […]
Melissa del Bosque
Melissa del Bosque, based in Tucson, Arizona, is an investigative reporter whose work on the U.S.-Mexico border has garnered several awards, including an Emmy and National Magazine Award. She is a cofounder of The Border Chronicle.
