Emilio Gutiérrez Soto (born c. 1963) is a U.S.-based Mexican journalist. He formerly worked for . After reporting on allegations of corruption in the Mexican Army and reportedly receiving death threats, Gutiérrez fled to the United States with his son in 2008. He was the recipient of the 2017 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award from the National Press Club. He is a 2018-2019 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, despite being denied asylum on multiple occasions.