(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated with a comment from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.)

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector Chief Gloria Chavez has been replaced, Border Report has learned.

"There was a recent change in command," Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez told Border Report late Friday.

"Whether she was fired or not I don't know," Cortez said.

According to a social media post on X Friday evening, Jason Schneider is listed as acting chief patrol agent for the RGV Sector.

This came after reports that veteran Chavez was escorted from the Edinburg headquarters of the RGV Sector less than three years after she took command.

On Saturday morning, Border Report received the following statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commi

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