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DEA: Mexican cartel smuggling illicit fentanyl is biggest threat to Washington state DEA: Mexican cartel smuggling illicit fentanyl is biggest threat to Washington state DEA says fentanyl is one of the primary drugs being sold in Washington state, with an increase in statewide seizures up 92 percent from 2019 to 2020. SEATTLE - The Pacific Northwest is being flooded with fentanyl by a Mexican drug cartel, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration s 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment.  The annual publication outlines the threats posed to the United States by domestic and international drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs. In Washington State, we’ve seen a 92 percent increase in fentanyl seizures and we’ve seen a 57 percent increase in Western Washington in fentanyl seizures and about a 230 percent increase in Eastern Washington which is alarming to us, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino. 

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