The family of a Marine seasoned murdered successful Mexico told Fox News Digital that they person not heard from President Biden aliases Vice President Kamala Harris astir 2 weeks aft their son's killing.
Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine seasoned who worked for Pima County, Arizona, connected h2o reclamation projects, was changeable and killed on nan Caborca-Altar Highway successful bluish Mexico connected Oct. 19.
Quets, whose begetter served 20 years successful nan U.S. Army and different 20 years successful national rule enforcement, was calved successful Panama City, Panama, and grew up successful Latin America. For nan past respective years, nan family lived adjacent to 1 different successful Arizona, and, arsenic an avid outdoorsman who loved nan water, Quets was driving pinch friends down to Rocky Point for a formation trip.
He was killed astir 30 miles southbound of nan U.S.-Mexico border.
"I americium apolitical," Quets' father, retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets, told Fox News Digital. "But nan facts of nan matter are these: my American son, doing thing different than going to nan formation an hr from his location was executed by cowardly thugs. The news media decided to suppress it for 4 days, and successful nan overwhelming mostly of cases, that would person been a awesome bet."
"This was the incorrect Marine. This was nan incorrect family," he said. "This communicative will not spell away. It won't spell distant adjacent week aft nan U.S. elections. This communicative is going to push and push and push."
"No matter what happens adjacent week, I americium not letting this die," nan begetter said. "My extremity for Nick is that Nick is nan opening of nan extremity for nan cartels successful Mexico."
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Nicholas Douglas Quets, left, came from a beardown subject background. (Quets Family )
The Quets family said it was Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., who helped facilitate a gathering pinch Republican vice statesmanlike campaigner Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, while he campaigned successful Tucson. Days aft their son's killing, nan Quets family past met pinch erstwhile President Donald Trump up of his rally successful Tempe, and some moving mates asked support earlier mentioning Quets' name.
Vance said connected stage, "I committedness you nan cavalry is coming, and erstwhile Donald Trump is president we're going to footwear nan cartels a--es."
By contrast, nan Quets family said they attempted to get a gathering pinch nan Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, erstwhile he was campaigning successful Phoenix, but staffers told them nan arena was astatine capacity and turned them away. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to header an arena successful Phoenix connected Thursday, which is Halloween, erstwhile Trump is besides expected to beryllium backmost successful nan state.
Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House and to nan Harris run respective times asking for remark connected Quets' sidesplitting but did not perceive back.
"In my family's top hr of request for an entity, for a beardown authorities and a strong, beardown enterprise, that nan United States authorities is, nan only group successful an elected capacity aliases a position seeking authority to tally that institution came backmost to maine and expressed interest and made commitments to maine [on] really we'll make it amended … were Senator Vance and President Trump. That's 100% fact," Quets said.
"I do judge successful Donald Trump arsenic a man of his connection – not nan TV character, not nan billionaire – but a personification who I looked astatine look to look and talked with," Quets told Fox News Digital. "America sewage a small spot weaker. My family was destroyed, but America sewage a small spot weaker. Mexico sewage a small spot weaker. Those cartels sewage a small spot stronger. And nan only measurement to reverse that is to spell aft these people."
Quets' brother-in-law, retired Air Force Capt. Philip Sweet, told Fox News Digital that he presently useful successful national rule enforcement and is assured President Biden would person been briefed astir Quets' killing.
Nicholas Douglas Quets' family met erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Tempe, Arizona. (Quets Family )
"President Biden, he was successful Arizona connected Friday. We heard nothing. There was nary outreach. There's still been nary outreach," Sweet told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday. "It's not because we're picking 1 broadside aliases nan different … we're an apolitical family. Before this, you wouldn't person had either of america talk astir our opinions. But what I tin opportunity is that our extremity was to raise consciousness for this."
"Within, you know, little than 100 hours from my brother-in-law's murder, we had elected officials, Senator Vance, and we had President Trump return – each of them – return 15 minutes retired of their highly engaged schedules to meet pinch us," Sweet said. "It's evident to maine and my family we person 100% assurance successful President Trump and Senator Vance.… We cognize who cares astir us, and that's evident to us. It's President Trump and Senator Vance. I'm shocked connected aggregate levels that cipher from our existent administration, neither of our U.S. senators, our governor, cipher has reached out."
Quets said he met Vance conscionable 4 days aft his boy was killed.
"He says, 'You're talking to maine arsenic JD Vance, Marine, and I want to cognize what it is, what happened,'" Quets recalled. "'And I want to cognize what I tin do to thief you.'"
"And I cognize really engaged those men are successful a two-week governmental conflict of their lives," Quets continued. "So I said everything … Vance looked astatine me, and he sewage affectional astir it, and he said, ‘Tell maine what I tin do to help.'"
Nicholas Douglas Quets, left, and his father. (Quets Family)
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Nicholas Douglas Quets, left, and his father. (Quets Family)
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Nicholas Douglas Quets pinch his begetter arsenic child. The family has a beardown subject heritage. (Quets Family)
Nicholas Douglas Quets, right, and his father, retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets, aft a race. (Quets Family)
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"And nan adjacent morning, we sewage called by nan Trump run rally," he recalled. "My daughter-in-law and my woman carried a image of my boy pinch them."
"Trump looked astatine nan image earlier he said anything," Quets said. "He started to outcry … had tears successful his eyes. And he looks astatine everybody, looks astatine my wife, looks astatine my daughter-in-law, says, ‘Tell maine what happened.' And astatine that point, you could show he was a man of action. And I person been astir a batch of group that are. And he was angry, and he said, ’Tell maine what I tin do to help.'"
Officials successful Sonora, Mexico, reportedly said that Nicholas Quets had not stopped astatine an illicit checkpoint tally by cartel members, 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 is relying connected nan FBI to behaviour its investigation and wants his son's killers extradited to nan U.S. – arsenic conscionable nan start. The family said they later learned Nicholas was driving on a akin way wherever two Arizona women were changeable dead by alleged cartel members weeks earlier, killings they opportunity were not good reported successful nan media.
Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine veteran, loved being connected nan water, his family said. (Quets Family)
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Nicholas Douglas Quets was an avid welder, his family said. (Quets Family)
Nicholas Douglas Quets enjoyed spending clip successful nan water, his family said. (Quets Family)
"I inquire you to thief us," Nicholas Quets' mother, Patricia Marie Quets, said. "Speak for Nicholas and each of nan nameless, faceless victims. This is happening each day. We person nan powerfulness to make nan change. Help us."
The Quets family said they person heard from nan U.S. consulate successful Mexico, which helped repatriate Quets' remains, arsenic good arsenic nan State Department, mid-level FBI officials and hundreds of members of nan subject community.
"And arsenic my father-in-law said, this is not conscionable a separator authorities issue. This is simply a nationalist issue. This is simply a nationalist information issue," Sweet said. "You know, I spent 11 years successful nan Air Force. He has complete 40 years of authorities service. I'm successful national rule enforcement. I woody pinch this each nan time. And, you know, you ne'er deliberation that this worldly was going to hap to you, but you think, wow, you know, nan government's going to person my back."
"I understand they're busy. But astatine this point, I tin show you that President Trump and Senator Vance's actions speak louder than immoderate senseless words aliases offerings that nan existent management tin connection us," Sweet said. "One broadside cares astir you, and that's President Trump and Senator Vance. They attraction astir nan American people. They attraction astir my family. They attraction astir your family. That's thing that I deliberation speaks volumes."
A profession Latin American information specialist, Warren Quets said he views nan U.S. migration problem arsenic tied to a deficiency of information successful nan Americas, peculiarly successful Mexico, which drives group northbound successful pursuit of economical and beingness security. In summation to his son's killers being extradited and prosecuted successful nan U.S., he said he wants nan United States to activity bilaterally aliases unilaterally pinch Mexico and different countries.
He referenced his acquisition successful Plan Columbia, which dismantled Pablo Escobar's power of nan supplier trade, and advocated for nan United States to create a akin strategy pinch Mexico.
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"What I request is to usage Nick's decease arsenic portion of my treatment to person nan connection get retired and that group understand it. And for Nick's decease to beryllium nan champion time successful nan history of nan cartels. Every time aft that gets a small spot worse for them," he said. "I'm talking astir dismantling cartels and bringing nan supplier kingpins into nan United States."
Danielle Wallace is simply a breaking news and authorities newsman astatine Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and connected X: @danimwallace.