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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, October 20, 2011  Authorities sezied 50,000 rounds of ammunition, an assault rifle and a handgun hidden underneath the bedliner of pickup truck that was headed into 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, May 24, 2011  Law enforcement in Hidalgo County told Action 4 News that they are taking measures to stop guns from heading into Mexico.

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

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.

Friday, December 17, 2010  A former Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputy pleaded guilty to his role in an alleged high-powered weapons for cash scheme.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  A federal judge denied bond for a Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputy jailed in a bribery and weapons trafficking case.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  A Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputy found himself on the other side of the law after being arrested in an undercover bribery and smuggling investigation.

Monday, November 01, 2010  An attempt to buy dozens of assault files, handguns and grenades for the Gulf Cartel ended with three men being arrested in Olmito.