ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested 38-year-old Pedro Guadarrama-Loza, a convicted felon and previously deported Mexican national, far from the U.S.-Mexico border region. Loza was arrested on suspicion of federal drug trafficking and immigration charges after the seizure of more than 275 pounds of methamphetamine shipped from Mexico.
According to court documents, on July 29, 2026, law enforcement officers were alerted to a suspicious shipment of five boxes originating in Mexico and being sent to an address in the Gainesville, Georgia, area. During the initial stages of the investigation, officers discovered numerous plastic bags that contained a black industrial powder that later tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine. In all, the methamphetamine shipment within the boxes weighed 277 pounds.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, on August 12, 2026, investigating agents delivered the boxes to the address listed on the boxes, a residence in Gainesville, Georgia, as part of an undercover operation to identify the recipient…