EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division announced it has a new special agent in charge (SAC).
On September 2023, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram named Towanda R. Thorne-James as the new SAC of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Thorne-James reported to El Paso in December 2023.
SAC Thorne-James began her law enforcement career in 1993 as a police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department and joined the DEA in 1998.
“As the SAC of the El Paso Division, she is responsible for 50 counties in two states, covering a total of 159,284 square miles,” the DEA said.
In addition to her current assignment, SAC Thorne-James has served the DEA at the New Orleans
Division, Philadelphia Division, New Jersey Division, the Camden Resident Office, the Atlantic City
Resident Office, the Belmopan Country Office (Central America), and DEA Headquarters Office of
Inspections, located in Arlington, Va.
Her previous managerial roles have included assistant special agent in charge, resident agent in charge, group supervisor, acting country attaché, and senior inspector.