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Just last week, the Dori Monson Show reported on the arrest of Jovany Cota-Valenzuela, an alleged Mexican drug cartel-funded smuggler who federal investigators say was selling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, cocaine, and other illegal pills near Pioneer Square before he was captured.

Court records show Cota-Valenzuela told investigators that he was smuggled into the United States as a drug mule. He has been connected to a stash of:

• 322 grams of heroin
• 143 grams of methamphetamine
• 48 grams of cocaine mixed with fentanyl
• 29 grams of fentanyl mixed with cocaine
• 25 grams of deadly fentanyl
• 109 blue M30 pills and a separate stash of 152 blue M30 pills, both containing fentanyl
• a loaded 9-millimeter handgun, scales, and lots of U.S. cash.

To get a sense of what this case represents and how it hits home on the streets of Seattle, Homeland Security Investigations agent Robert Hammer describes the surge in illegal drugs, the related death counts, and his recent firsthand experience with seeing a homeless man attack two innocent people after an outing with his son.

鈥淥ne-hundred thousand Americans died from fentanyl last year,鈥� Hammer said. 鈥淲e, as a country, need to wake up to the dangers that this drug poses.鈥�

That danger, Dori calculates, is comparable to the same number of lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks every week-and-a-half for a single year.

Hammer cites the success of a 鈥渃oncerted effort鈥� among 鈥渇ederal, state, and local鈥� law enforcement to stop the surge that continues 鈥渢o pummel the country.鈥�

In 2020, the agent reports, 38 pounds of fentanyl were seized in the Seattle area. To date, seizures have topped 225 pounds so far this year. One pound of fentanyl alone can be used to create 500,000 pills 鈥� so recent seizures account for 鈥渕illions and millions of pills.鈥�

Another challenge for law enforcement: 鈥淔entanyl is so small, you can smuggle it in anything.鈥�

While this is a professional mission for Hammer, he saw firsthand the effects of drugs and homelessness after attending Sunday鈥檚 Seahawks game with his son. While leaving the game, Hammer observed a homeless man spit on an innocent woman. This prompted the woman鈥檚 father to confront the man, who then punched the dad, knocking him unconscious after hitting his head on the sidewalk.

鈥淓MS (medics) came immediately,鈥� Hammer said. 鈥淏ut for 30 minutes, I begged for a police officer to come and get this guy.鈥�

Though Hammer tried to track the attacker, 鈥渉e did disappear into a back alley.鈥�

You can listen to the full interview with Hammer below:

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