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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Baja California attorney general said David Lopez Jimenez, a member of the Arellano-Felix cartel, masterminded the January murder of Margarito Martinez Esquivel. -
Experts say that, to comprehend what’s happening now, you need to understand the history of the Mexican cartels. -
The city began returning to normalcy Monday, two days after members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel set vehicles on fire throughout Mexico. -
This increase in frequency and severity coincided with the replacement of the 17-foot border wall with a 30-foot wall. -
The federal U-Visa program provides a lifeline to undocumented immigrants who cooperate with police in crime investigations. -
Local experts say it may not have much of an impact on long border wait times.
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Immigration agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because she overstayed her visa, Department of Homeland Security officials told KPBS. -
Officials said initially nine people were missing but authorities later apprehended two. -
State Attorney General Rob Bonta met with immigrant rights groups and elected officials in San Diego to discuss his office's efforts to protect California's immigrant communities.
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