The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol has a new chief.
The agency announced Friday that Rodolfo Karisch began his term as chief patrol agent on Aug. 20.
He was previously in charge of the Del Rio Sector in Texas and was the acting assistant commissioner of the Office of Professional Responsibility for Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol’s parent agency.
A former El Paso Police Department officer, Karisch joined the Border Patrol in 1986.
The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Sector comprises most of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and includes nearly 4,000 agents.
