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Monday, May 06, 2013  An Action 4 News investigation reveals that gun traffickers are exploiting weaknesses in federal gun laws to acquire weapons for drug cartels.

Monday, May 06, 2013  An Action 4 News investigation reveals that gun traffickers are taking advantage of loopholes in federal laws.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  A Progreso man is behind bars after customs officers found an Eastern European AK-47 hidden under his clothes.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  A federal judge in McAllen sentenced three men to prison for smuggling weapons to waiting drug cartel clients in Mexico.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  A federal judge sentenced a former Pharr police officer to 12 years in federal prison for his role in protecting loads of cocaine and smuggling weapons to the Zetas drug cartel.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  Carlos Gonzalez has owned a gun shop in Harlingen for 25 years. He admits that during those years, some of his clients may have been drug cartel members.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011  Hundreds of rounds of ammunition bound for Mexico are off the streets following a Monday night traffic stop in San Juan.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  An Edinburg man remains behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle 11 assault rifles into Mexico.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011  A Reynosa man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley authorities discovered 13 assault rifles and ammunition hidden inside the gas tank of his truck.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  The death of U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata dealt a major blow to law enforcement agencies throughout the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011  Action 4 News has posted full copies of court records in the case of three men accused of buying a gun that was later used to kill U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata.

Monday, February 28, 2011  Federal investigators say the gun used to kill a U.S. immigration agent in Mexico has been traced to a Dallas-area man.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  An Edinburg man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to deliver six AK-47 assault rifles to the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011  A Matamoros man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after he tried to smuggle an AK-47 into Mexico.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  A former Pharr police officer has pleaded guilty in an organized crime case where he was accused of being on a drug cartel's payroll.