Pedro Guadarrama Loza Charged with Methamphetamine Trafficking and Illegal Reentry
A federal criminal complaint alleges a previously deported man received a 277-pound methamphetamine shipment in Gainesville, Georgia.
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Pedro Guadarrama Loza, 38, of Michoacán, Mexico, appeared in federal court following his arrest on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal reentry by a previously removed alien, according to records released on August 14, 2026, by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. The charges are allegations, and the case remains undecided. Loza is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
According to official records, law enforcement intercepted a suspicious shipment of five boxes from Mexico on July 29, 2026, bound for Gainesville, Georgia. The boxes contained plastic bags of black industrial powder weighing 277 pounds that tested positive for methamphetamine. On August 12, 2026, undercover agents delivered the boxes to a residence in Gainesville, where Loza allegedly took possession of them. Federal agents executed a search warrant and arrested Loza as he attempted to flee out the back door.
U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg stated that Loza allegedly attempted to coordinate the trafficking of methamphetamine in North Georgia. Official records show Loza was previously convicted in 2014 of trafficking in controlled substances in DeKalb County, Georgia, and was removed to Mexico in 2017 before allegedly re-entering the United States. Loza was ordered detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending further court proceedings.
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