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Thursday, May 16, 2013  A federal judge has denied bond for a Brownsville drug trafficking suspect whose body was burned during a package bombing.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Four people are facing federal charges after being accused of taking part in a scheme to buy AK-47s and other high-powered weapons.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Two men are behind bars after they allegedly tried to smuggle close to $51,000 dollars of cash into Mexico.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A Houston man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after he allegedly tried to smuggle illegal immigrants in downtown Brownsville.

Friday, September 07, 2012  A Guatemalan man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after authorities learned he had swallowed 80 pellets filed with heroin in a botched drug smuggling attempt.

Monday, August 20, 2012  A trial for a Brownsville customs officer ended with a jury finding him guilty of buying guns for other people.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  A federal judge has denied bond for two Brownsville men accused of smuggling four children at Boca Chica Beach.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  A Matamoros man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after a K-9 officer foiled his alleged attempt to smuggle cocaine into the United States.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  A motion to ask Cameron County District Armando Villalobos to step down has died on the vine following a stalemate between county commissioners.

Friday, May 25, 2012  A Brownsville customs officer is behind bars on federal charges after being accused of buying rifles for an immigrant who did not have authorization to have them.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos said on Tuesday that District Attorney Armando Villalobos should step down amid a federal racketeering indictment.

Monday, May 07, 2012  Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos and his former law partner, attorney Eddie Lucio, were calm and collected as they appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Morgan.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  A Brownsville woman is expected to face a judge after being arrested for selling fake Botox to federal agents in an undercover sting.

Monday, March 12, 2012  A man once considered to be the 'heir' to the Gulf Cartel empire has pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking case in Brownsville.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012  Two men arrested last fall with the nephew of the former boss of Mexico's Gulf cartel have been sentenced to time served for giving false statements to federal agents.