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Two men arrested while en route to Washington state from Mexico with a 鈥渉uge鈥� stash of fentanyl pills were by a Tulare County judge in California and 鈥� and the sheriff there is furious.

Despite the deadly drug seizure, a judicial system that allowed the pair of suspected drug mules to go free should outrage innocent people, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux told The Dori Monson Show on Friday.

鈥淧eople need to rise up and say ‘enough is enough,鈥欌�� the sheriff said.

Investigators believe the two men 鈥� Jose Zendejas, 25, and Benito Madrigal, 19 鈥� 鈥渕ade this trip multiple times.鈥� While some of the stash may have been intended for drops between Los Angeles and San Francisco, 鈥渢he majority of those fentanyl pills were going to land in Washington state,鈥� Boudreaux told Dori.

How big was the Tulare seizure? Dori asked.

鈥淗uge,鈥� Boudreaux responded. 鈥淣ot only just here in our county, but anywhere across the country. It鈥檚 151,000 potential deadly doses . . . Every eight minutes, in the United States, someone dies of fentanyl poisoning overdose, so you can imagine that (seizing) 150,000 basically saved 150,000 American lives.鈥�

The confiscated pills were worth at least $750,000 on the street, Boudreaux said. Two kilos of cocaine were also found hidden in the suspects鈥� vehicle.

It comes at a time, Dori told listeners, that 400 people in King County have already died this year from fentanyl poisoning or overdose. Fentanyl use is now the No. 1 killer of those 18 to 45 years old in America, he added.

While Zendejas and Madrigal were each booked into jail on $1 million bail, a Tulare County Superior Court judge released the men late on a Friday night without notifying Boudreaux鈥檚 office.

Boudreaux blames California鈥檚 鈥渞isk assessment鈥� program which allows judges to review suspects’ cases and release them prior to arraignment, based on various factors 鈥� including whether they are likely to return for their court case.

鈥淚 would bet a year鈥檚 wages that they would not show up 鈥� and they did not,鈥� the sheriff said.

Both suspects have an address in Washington, so California authorities are now working with local Drug Enforcement Agency officials to track the alleged drug mules.

Despite their Washington connections, Dori asked, do authorities believe the men are now in Mexico?

鈥淲e believe they are,鈥� Boudreaux said. 鈥淨uite frankly, they鈥檙e not the head (of the drug-running ring). The cartel is completely involved. Our borders need to be secured. (Drugs) are opening coming through, impacting every city across the United States.鈥�

Even with this seizure, the California sheriff said, there doesn鈥檛 appear to be any slow-down in drugs coming over the border.

鈥淜ids are ordering fentanyl in candy form, in Pez-style candy,鈥� he said. 鈥淚f that doesn鈥檛 shock the senses of parents all across this country, it should.鈥�

Listen to Dori鈥檚 entire interview with Tulare County, Calif., Sheriff Mike Boudreaux describe seizing fentanyl headed for Washington state 鈥� and the suspected carriers who were released:

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