Border agents unwittingly freed suspects near border with weapons from federal sting

Episode highlights lack of tools, coordination in gun trafficking fight

By John Solomon and David Heath and Ricardo Sandoval Palos | March 24, 2011

On Jan. 14, 2010, federal border patrol agents stopped two men driving a car through the border-crossing town of Columbus, New Mexico. Inside the vehicle was a cache of assault weapons, including AK-47s, Ruger .45-caliber handguns and pistols called “cop killersâ€