Victor Hugo Castillo es un reportero y comunicador multifacético, bilingue inglés-español, especializado en asuntos de seguridad nacional así como en temas de inmigración, narcotráfico, trata de personas, y relaciones binacionales Estados Unidos-México.

Víctor Castillo is a multifaceted bilingual news reporter, specialized in the U.S.-México border, covering stories on immigration, border security, human trafficking, human smuggling, drug trafficking, politics, economy and news happening south of the border.

He was recently featured on Border Wars by National Geographic where he shared his experiences in covering news along the southern border.

The United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime, invited Castillo to Colombia where he made a presentation about human trafficking and illicit trade of undocumented immigrants along the Texas-Mexico border.

Castillo’s knowledge and experience have taking him to different countries where he trains news reporters on how to prepare investigative stories for television and other multimedia platforms. Several times, he’s been invited by universities and colleges, like Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in México, University of Texas Pan American, South Texas College, Universidad Mexico Americana del Norte (UMAN) and others, to speak with students about the news world.

Latino news reporter Victor Castillo tells us why he likes news reporting:

I like meeting and interviewing people, because each and every person has a story to tell. The power of a story could help our viewers make a decision or simply be aware of something they never thought it would happen so close to home.

At one point, he was president of Asociación Internacional de Comunicadores Hispanos, when he organized training for local news reporters, and advocated freedom of expression.

He was born in McAllen, Texas, lived in Reynosa until 13 years of age, then moved to Sterling, Illinois, where he went to high school and earn a college degree in Engineering Technology. In 1992, he returned to McAllen. While working in the manufacturing engineering field, Victor began his communications career in a Spanish Christian radio station in Edinburg, Texas. Years later, he joined World Radio Network producing his own show for most of the 19 affiliates and repeaters in the country. He joined Telemundo as a news reporter, and later became a news anchor. Castillo then continued his career by having dual duties as a reporter and weekend news anchor for Univision. He also worked for Univision 48, Action 4 News (CBS) and Fox 2 News. Victor also has written stories for several Spanish newspapers in the Valley, the United States and Mexico. Living in McAllen for the last 20 years, Victor has seen how South Texas has grown and has become a strategic area for all kinds of industries, not only important to Texas but to the nation. But the Valley also faces many challenges, in health, education, immigration and border security among other issues.