Chief Enrique “Henry” Mendiola Jr., whose 25 year of service makes him one of the longest-serving agents of the Border Patrol RGV Sector, is retiring, ValleyCentral.com reports.
Mendiola was only 20 years old when he joined the Border Patrol in 1988.
“When I came in we were still doing ink fingerprints, we had no databases, not even computers,” Mendiola said.
A lot has changed since then. The number of agents has increased 500%, and apprehensions have declined, he told ValleyCentral.com.
“We have made a lot of progress. Apprehensions are well under the million range where they were back then,” Mendiola said.
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