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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While Vice President Kamala Harris touts the tougher policies on the campaign trail, migrant advocates say she and other Democrats are abandoning their principles. -
Here in San Diego, life-saving medicines like naloxone have helped reduce the number of fatal fentanyl overdoses. But Mexico's restrictive drug policies make the medicine almost impossible to get in Tijuana. -
After skyrocketing for nearly a decade, the number of fentanyl overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023. -
High school and college students are now more likely to become the smugglers of choice for Mexican drug cartels, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. -
Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Nora Vargas said residents should not be concerned. -
The idea that tougher enforcement on illegal immigration will stop illegal drugs from flowing into the U.S. has long been a political talking point.
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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. -
A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s custody. -
More than 800 migrants died while trying to enter the United States illegally during fiscal year 2022 — a new record.
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