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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  FBI and ICE agents spent Tuesday criss-crossing the Rio Grande Valley, Texas and Arkansas to arrest more than a dozen suspects in a high-dollar and cross-border cocaine trafficking scheme.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Mexican drug cartels are dispatching some of their trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A narcoblockade in a Hidalgo neighborhood is among the items listed in a new report that lists Mexican drug cartels as the number one organized crime threat in Texas.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A 28-year-old was sentenced to a 60-month prison term and three years of supervised released for entering the U.S. illegally with a gun in October 2011.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  A jury in Washington DC handed down a verdict finding a Gulf Cartel leader from Camargo guilty of drug trafficking.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A Brownsville couple has been sentenced to prison for running a drug distribution ring that moved cocaine provided by a Mexican cartel to a St. Louis street gang.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  A man convicted of immigration and weapon charges and who authorities say is a manager in Mexico's Gulf drug cartel has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A federal judge has ordered the seizure of a luxury condominium allegedly belonging to a former Tamaulipas governor.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  Some nine gunmen are behind bars after being arrested by Mexican troops south of the border in Ciudad Mier.

Friday, October 12, 2012  A Gulf Cartel leader is behind bars after being arrested south of the border in Reynosa.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A Gulf cartel boss who once threatened two U.S. agents in Mexico with his assault rifle has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for trying to bribe his way to safe release.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Court records show that an early Monday morning drive by shooting in Brownsville may have connections to two rival drug cartels.

Saturday, September 29, 2012  A federal jury in Brownsville has convicted a Gulf cartel manager of conspiring to possess and import cocaine and marijuana.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Normally, we just see drug cartel leaders presented before cameras after their arrest but this time video of the actual soldiers storming into the alleged cartel leaders home.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Authorities are confirming a split inside the Zetas drug cartel following the arrest of a top leader who had gone rogue and allied his faction with the rival Gulf Cartel.