U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced last week that U.S. Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar will become Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The announcement comes nearly a month after Acting Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern announced his retirement at the end of this year. The position becomes effective January 3, 2010.
A border native with over 30 years of border security experience, Aguilar was appointed as Chief of the Border Patrol for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2004. Prior to that appointment, Aguilar was chosen as the Chief Patrol agent of the Tucson Sector in 1999 following his position as the Assistant Regional Director for the Border Patrol in Dallas, Texas, a role in which he served since 1996.
