Authorities are hunting for a Mesa man believed to be part of a gun-purchasing ring of East Valley men accused of selling firearms to a violent Mexican drug cartel. Many in the ring were arrested during raids in December on residences throughout Mesa and Gilbert.

A new sentencing date has been set for a man who admitted working as a straw buyer for a gun smuggling ring that was monitored in the government's botched investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

Mike McClellan’s headline should be that “Mexican cartels are well armed due to failure to enforce existing laws in Mexico. (Or, Mexican cartels are lawless criminals). Because if they already have laws prohibiting purchase and possession of weapons larger than .32 handguns, then it’s just proving once again that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Visit Chicago or D.C. sometime if you doubt that, Mike.

Federal indictments charging 38 people with taking part in various mortgage fraud schemes have been handed up in Arizona this month.

While a surge of humans and drugs flows north across the border, assault rifles and other high-powered weapons flow south.

PHOENIX - Three men accused of supplying hundreds of assault rifles and other guns to violent Mexican drug cartels have made their first court appearance in Phoenix.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

Five people including a 48-year-old Mesa woman were charged with mortgage fraud-related offenses in the U.S. District Court in Dallas, the court announced on Thursday.

Three Tempe residents accused of fraudulently buying guns from dealers throughout the Valley so they could smuggle them to Mexican drug cartels are facing federal charges.

Three Tempe residents accused of fraudulently buying guns from dealers throughout the Valley so they could smuggle them to Mexican drug cartels are facing federal charges.

CORNING, Iowa - Edward Chappell, approaching 80, admired Johnny Carson throughout his long career and wanted to honor the famed entertainer who was born just months apart and miles away from him in this small southwest Iowa town.

All gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.

All gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.

All gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.

Spread across a conference table at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix are enough weapons to equip several carloads of drug runners.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that his testimony to Congress about a controversial gun-smuggling probe was truthful and accurate and that Republicans are engaging in political posturing when they say otherwise.

Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

Arizona: Mexico’s firearm superstore