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  • noun The smuggling of arms and ammunition.

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  • noun the smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally

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Examples

  • Some of the gangs have delved into other illegal activities such as gunrunning, kidnapping and smuggling people across the border, as well as into seemingly legitimate areas such as trucking, travel services and air cargo transport, according to the Justice Department's

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  • Some of the gangs have delved into other illegal activities such as gunrunning, kidnapping and smuggling people across the border, as well as into seemingly legitimate areas such as trucking, travel services and air cargo transport, according to the Justice Department's

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  • Two AK-47 assault rifles purchased by a man later arrested in a federal gunrunning investigation turned up at the scene of a fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in December, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

    ATF gunrunning probe strategy scrutinized after death of Border Patrol agent James V. Grimaldi 2011

  • "He Holder has been very aggressive in going after gunrunning and cash transactions that have been going to these transnational drug cartels," Obama said during a White House press conference, Thursday.

    Aurelia Fierros: Mexicans Irate About Fast and Furious, Wide Receiver Aurelia Fierros 2011

  • Obama administration officials have responded with a surge in spending to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Homeland Security, and promises to curb cross-border gunrunning.

    U.S. and Mexico struggle to stop flow of weapons across border William Booth 2010

  • Officials at a news conference said Avila took part in a gunrunning scheme to take 700 weapons across the border between September 2009 and December 2010.

    ATF gunrunning probe strategy scrutinized after death of Border Patrol agent James V. Grimaldi 2011

  • ATF officials therefore spent weeks deliberating whether to scale back Operation Gunrunner, part of the Obama administration's effort to attack Mexican drug cartels by cracking down on gunrunning along the southwest border.

    Budget Cutting Starts at Justice Department Devlin Barrett 2011

  • An editorial in the daily "La Jornada" regarding the two gunrunning programs, questioned whether the US is an "ally or enemy" of Mexico link in Spanish.

    Aurelia Fierros: Mexicans Irate About Fast and Furious, Wide Receiver Aurelia Fierros 2011

  • • ATF gunrunning probe strategy scrutinized after death of Border Patrol agent: Two AK-47 assault rifles purchased by a man later arrested in a federal gunrunning investigation turned up at the scene of a fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in December, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

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  • Morales told the Mexican press over a week ago -at that time, unaware of the additional US gunrunning probe- she had demanded a full explanation from the United States government, and also confirmed that at least 200 murders have occurred in Mexico as a result of Operation Fast and Furious.

    Aurelia Fierros: Mexicans Irate About Fast and Furious, Wide Receiver Aurelia Fierros 2011

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