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Saturday, March 30, 2013  Calm is returning slowly returning to the streets of Reynosa following reports of a shootout, gunmen opening fire on a helicopter and a string of tire fires.

Monday, July 16, 2012  If you see a few military helicopters overhead don't be alarmed, that's the word from Congressman Henry Cuellar.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  U.S. Army National Guard helicopters stationed at the Valley International Airport in Harlingen will be used for surveillance mission along the border.

Monday, February 27, 2012  On Monday afternoon, Action 4 News cameras spot US Army National Guard personnel working around the first four helicopters to deploy to the valley.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Matamoros residents reported seeing a U.S. Navy helicopter flying over a neighborhood and a busy shopping mall on the city's southside.

Monday, August 08, 2011  U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the helicopter landed Saturday afternoon at Laredo International Airport after the pilot mistook the airport for a landing strip in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  A shootout between armed men and soldiers has erupted south of the border in Matamoros where Catholic leaders had called for a 'Day of Prayer for Peace.'

Friday, July 22, 2011  A group of game wardens patrolling the waters of Falcon Lake got a surprise from a Mexican military helicopter earlier this week.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Traffic came to a halt on a busy Reynosa highway following reports of a gun battle and military mobilization.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Authorities issued an alert after reports of an intense shootout between armed men and soldiers in a central Reynosa neighborhood.

Friday, September 17, 2010  Military helicopters are hovering across the Rio Grande from the UTB campus but Mexican officials are remaining tight-lipped about a series of shootouts south of the border in Matamoros.

Friday, June 04, 2010  A Rio Grande Valley landowner claims a Mexican military helicopter crossed into the United States and flew over his land.

Monday, April 05, 2010  The Mexican Army is sending four military helicopters to help fight organized crime in the embattled border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon.

Friday, April 02, 2010  Federal Aviation Administration radar systems did not detect two recent Mexican military helicopter incursions into deep south Texas.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010  Authorities have released photos from a second Mexican military helicopter incursion into Zapata County.