Family of Marine vet murdered by cartel violence in Mexico: 'We'll take care of it'

Former President Trump was joined onstage astatine a Nevada rally connected Thursday nighttime by nan family of a marine seasoned who was precocious murdered successful Mexico. 

Retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets joined Trump connected shape successful nan Las Vegas suburb of Henderson while speaking astir his boy Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine seasoned who worked for Pima County, Arizona, connected h2o reclamation projects.

The younger Quets was changeable and killed on nan Caborca-Altar Highway successful northern Mexico connected Oct. 19, 30 miles from nan U.S.-Mexico border.

"I really wasn't readying connected being here," Warren Douglas Quets said. "Two weeks ago, I was a wholly apolitical actor. Anybody extracurricular my ain location wouldn't person known who I would person voted for. Today. The business changed for maine 2 weeks ago."

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump holds a photograph of Marine seasoned Nicholas Douglas Quets, who was allegedly killed successful Mexico by cartel members, arsenic his parents retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets and Patricia, speak during a run rally astatine Lee's Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, successful Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

He said Trump and his moving mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, met pinch him 3 days aft nan killing.

"So erstwhile you wonderment astir wherever America really is and what nan stories are, you don't person to wonderment anymore. The man adjacent to maine and his vice statesmanlike nominee, a existent seated senator, some met pinch maine wrong 36 hours of asking, and some took up nan cause," said Quets.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine nan Resch Center, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, successful Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"It is nan argumentation that contributed to my boy being killed. It is nan argumentation that's contributing to nan decease of different Americans," he added. "It is nan argumentation that's contributing to fentanyl coming into nan United States. Those are governmental failures, and we request to extremity them."

Mexican officials reportedly said that Nicholas Quets didn't extremity astatine a cartel checkpoint, and a group of equipped men followed his pick-up motortruck and opened occurrence successful a "direct attack."

While reports bespeak Mexican authorities made arrests, Quets' begetter said he was relying connected nan FBI to behaviour its investigation and wants his son's killers extradited to nan U.S.

"What I want is sponsorship of a mates things," Quets said. "One is alteration to US codification truthful that if group committed crimes against US persons, particularly murder, they are brought backmost present to look our justice. Number 2 is authorities that is enacted that takes america someplace person to a scheme successful Mexico that'll institute not only subject capability, but besides institution building."

Quets told nan crowd that Trump had a "tear successful his eye" erstwhile nan 2 talked astir his boy and that he believes Trump will "keep" his committedness to activity justness if elected.

Quets besides said that his family attempted to be a rally pinch Harris moving mate Gov. Tim Walz but were told nan venue was afloat and that they could not meet pinch Walz.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Harris run for remark but did not instantly person a response.

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"That's unthinkable and frankly, to do that, to beryllium capable to do that virtually conscionable a fewer days aft this horrible arena happened is beautiful amazing," Trump told nan crowd, who astatine 1 constituent erupted pinch chants of "Nicholas!"

"I'll show you. We'll return attraction of it. We're going to return attraction of it. We're going to get that guy. We're going to get him. We're going to get him. They cognize who he is. Can you judge it? They cognize who he is. Nothing's done. Mexico is going to springiness them to us. Mexico is going to springiness them to us. They person to. They person to. It's going to beryllium existent easy. When I'm president, we're going to put nan supplier smugglers and quality traffickers. We're going to put them correct retired of business. They're sidesplitting hundreds of thousands of group successful our country."

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report