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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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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Crime statistics consistently show that native born Americans commit more crimes than migrants. But you wouldn’t know that from what politicians are saying. -
San Diego FC is the only team in the league that can scout youth players in Mexico. -
Volunteers at Bikes Del Pueblo empower people to become self-sufficient bicyclists by teaching them how to fix their own bikes.
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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. -
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.
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