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In 1979, SAC Pena graduated from Texas A&I University with a BA in Sociology/Psychology In 1984, he joined the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Special Agent and was assigned to the Austin Resident Office until 1988. In 1988, SAC Pena volunteered for an assignment at the DEA office in Bogota, Colombia, and became the co-case agent in the investigation targeting Medellin Cartel leader Pablo Escobar. SAC Pena lived and worked in Colombia until 1994. During that time he was the main liaison between the DEA and the Anti Narcotics Police in Medellin, Colombia. In 1994, Special Agent Pena was promoted to the position of Group Supervisor and transferred to the San Juan, Puerto Rico DEA Office. There he supervised a number of DEA Agents and deputized Task Force Officers who were involved in complex investigations targeting local drug organizations. In 1997, SAC Pena was transferred to the Special Operations Division of DEA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where his duties included the oversight and coordination of sensitive, multi-jurisdictional investigations. In 1999, SAC Pena was promoted once more and returned to Colombia as the Assistant Country Attaché of the DEA Bogota Country Office. As the ACA, Mr. Pena was in charge of the day to day management of all the criminal investigations being conducted by the DEA in Colombia. In 2001, Mr. Pena ended his second tour of duty in Colombia and was selected as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio District Office, which covers San Antonio, Austin and Waco, Texas. In 2004, Mr. Pena was promoted again and appointed Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division. As such he is responsible for all DEA operations in Northern California, from Bakersfield in the South to the border with Oregon in the North. In August 2008, Mr. Pena was designated as the Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean Division by DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. On December 7, 2008 SAC Pena assumed command of the Caribbean Division. |
