DHS Announces New Border Patrol Chief Replacing Raul Ortiz

Jason Owens, chief Border Patrol agent of the Border Patrol training facility in Artesia, N.M., on April 1, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced that Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will be succeeded by Jason Owens, the current head of the Del Rio Sector.

Owens, who is a seasoned Border Patrol veteran with over 25 years of experience, will assume the position upon Ortiz’s retirement on June 30.