Shreveport woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Shreveport woman was sentenced to 120 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine.

Guadalupe Ponte, 27, of Shreveport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. She was also sentenced to five years of supervised release. According to the guilty pleas, DEA drug task force agents learned that Ponte was distributing methamphetamine in Shreveport. They recorded her on January 12, 2017 setting up sales and then observed her traveling to meet codefendant Rogelio Lopez, 47, of Longview, Texas. Agents arrested the defendants after they arrived at a hotel in separate vehicles. Agents found 82.9 grams of methamphetamine in Lopez’s car. While Ponte was being detained, agents saw a Ruger LC9S 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in her car, and they also saw an infant in the backseat. Agents found 326.6 grams of methamphetamine when they later searched Lopez’s Texas home. Lopez admitted to being Ponte’s supplier of methamphetamine. Ponte admitted to owning the firearm and selling methamphetamine for Lopez.

Lopez was sentenced on August 25, 2017 to 65 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy.

The DEA investigated this case with assistance from the Shreveport Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary J. Mudrick prosecuted the case.