5 arrested on charges of trafficking firearms to drug cartel in Mexico, federal authorities say
Five men were arrested in South Texas this month for their alleged role in trafficking military-grade firearms to a drug cartel in Mexico, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Federal authorities allege the men were working to gather more than 100 weapons through straw purchasers throughout Texas and smuggle them across the Mexican border to Nuevo Laredo and Tamaulipas,