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have been the result? the result is mass casualty. reporter: in a year, fentanyl seizures have jumped 800% in texas. the drugs coming across the border here are fueling an unprecedented epidemic across the country, the toll of which can be counted in the skyrocketing number of overdose deaths. among them: 20-year-old jacob del hierro of colorado. i wake up most days in a state of shock. i cannot believe that i lost a child. reporter: jacob is among the more than 88,000 americans who died from overdoses in the 12 months ending october 2020, up 19,000 from the same period a year before. it will live with me for the rest of my life. my wife had to watch as i screamed and begged for my son to breathe. reporter: border patrol agent jerry galvan knows heartbreak like that often starts here. they cut into it and set it up beforehand so they know where they re going to be coming

Fentanyl seizuresSkyrocketing numberOverdose deathsState of shockDel hierroUnited statesThe rest of my lifeOctober 2020Jerry galvanBorder patrol