Fentanyl seizures skyrocket along U.S.-Mexico border

El Paso, Texas — Along the U.S.-Mexico border, drug cartels are seizing an opportunity. 

"We are seeing that the cartels are exploiting our current influx of unaccompanied children as well as our influx of single adults and they're bringing hard drugs," said U.S. Border Patrol agent Joel Freeland.  Freeland said U.S. manpower focused on human smuggling is enabling traffickers to move a staggering among of drugs, including 59 pounds of fentanyl, a highly lethal drug, which was seized by Texas law enforcement in the last six months.