Gustavo Solis
Investigative Border ReporterGustavo became the Investigative Border Reporter at KPBS in 2021. He was born in Mexico City, grew up in San Diego and has two passports to prove it. He graduated from Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 2013 and has worked in New York City, Miami, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Diego. In 2018 he was part of a team of reporters who shared a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. When he’s not working - and even sometimes when he should be - Gustavo is surfing on both sides of the border.
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In 2021, an Amazon fulfillment center brought hope to Nueva Esperanza. But today the community continues to lack basic services like paved roads, drinkable water and a stormwater system. -
A Día de Muertos ofrenda in San Ysidro features the meager belongings of people who died trying to cross the southern border illegally. -
The pedestrian crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry known as PedWest opened in 2016 to great fanfare. -
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During the Trump era, few issues have received more attention than migrant crime. But it's also been the subject of much misinformation. -
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More than 800 migrants died while trying to enter the United States illegally during fiscal year 2022 — a new record.
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