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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Local experts say it may not have much of an impact on long border wait times. -
The Baja California legislature overwhelmingly voted to ban the debunked practice but the governor vetoed the ban in favor of regulations. -
Nearly 250 Mexican nationals were injured while trying to cross the border into San Diego County in fiscal year 2021-22. -
The advisory says Americans should reconsider traveling to Tijuana and Rosarito because of violence between rival drug cartels. -
The iconic park in the San Diego borderlands was the only way many cross-border families were able to see each other. -
KPBS Midday EditionKPBS Investigative Border Reporter Gustavo Solis moderated a conversation on the cross-border economy and what obstacles could stand in the way of future growth.
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A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
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