Hector X.
Colon
Hector X. Colón currently serves as Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Tampa, Florida. He has more than 20 years of Federal law enforcement experience. Prior to his assignment as ASAC in Tampa, Mr. Colón held various key leadership positions at HSI HQs, including as the Chief of Staff of Joint Task Force – Investigations (JTF-I), the Director of Investigations for HSI at the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Targeting Center (NTC-I), and as Unit Chief, HSI Trade Transparency Unit (TTU) and the Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU).
Mr. Colón began his federal law enforcement career in 1997, with the former U.S. Customs Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, specializing in financial crimes, Customs fraud, cybercrimes, and computer forensics. He has served in a variety of leadership positions for HSI in both foreign and domestic assignments, including as Interim Attaché in Caracas, Venezuela, Group Supervisor in Houston, Texas, and Unit Chief for HSI’s Illicit Finance and Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU). He has represented DHS at various forums throughout the world in support of efforts to combat transnational crime, illicit finance and money laundering, and terrorism, including at the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG) and as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Mr. Colón has a Master’s degree in Science from Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Public Safety Leadership Division, and is a graduate of the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University. He is also an active member of the U.S. Army Reserve and a Gulf War veteran.