Trump, Vance meet with family of Marine veteran killed off Mexican highway by suspected cartel members

His family said Quets was driving pinch friends down to Rocky Point for a formation trip. The shooting happened astir 30 miles southbound of nan U.S.-Mexico border. 

The Sonora Attorney General's Office said a conveyance pulled up alongside Quets' pick-up motortruck and opened occurrence successful a "direct attack," according to KVOA. An equipped group had tried to extremity Quets' motortruck astatine an illicit checkpoint and followed aft them erstwhile they did not propulsion over, a Sonora charismatic confirmed to Tucson.com. 

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Former President Donald Trump, center, met nan family of slain Marine seasoned Nicholas Douglas Quets while connected nan run way successful Arizona. (Doug Quets/Facebook)

Quets' begetter and brother-in-law described to nan Washington Examiner backstage meetings nan family had pinch Trump and Vance past week while nan Republican moving mates were campaigning successful Arizona. 

"I did not cognize what to expect because he’s a TV star, billionaire, populist," Quets' father, retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets, told nan Examiner. "He looked astatine me, looked astatine nan image of Nick. He had a tear successful his eye, and said, ‘Tell maine what happened.’ And he was really angry arsenic we told him nan story…. He said, ‘Tell maine what I tin do for you and your family.'" 

Quets' begetter said nan family has not heard from immoderate elected officials successful nan Biden-Harris administration. 

"A U.S. military veteran transiting Mexico was executed and 4 days into this and nary official, extracurricular of nan consulate successful Mexico, has made immoderate effort to interaction america aliases supply america pinch an update of what’s happening," nan elder Quets told nan Examiner past week. "What we want is an investigation and prosecution wrong nan United States. We want nan U.S. to return complete nan prosecution." 

"If my lawsuit for my boy is not worthy of nan highest level of attraction from nan U.S. government, past what is?" he added. "How tin this beryllium that this Marine gets killed 30 minutes southbound of nan border?" 

"I haven’t heard from anybody, elected aliases appointed authorities officials, astatine all," he added. "And I begged for that to nan constituent where, yesterday, I wrote nan consul and said, ‘Don’t interest astir it anymore. I’m going to spell up and interaction [President Claudia Sheinbaum] successful Mexico and inquire for her thief successful getting nan U.S. involved.'"

Marine seasoned Nicholas Douglas Quets was changeable and killed while driving successful bluish Mexico down to nan formation pinch friends. (KOLD/ Quets Family )

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House and Harris run for remark connected Sunday but did not perceive back. 

Trump met pinch nan Quets family and posed for a photograph pinch nan slain veteran's image successful Tempe, Arizona, past week. 

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. J.D. Vance speaks during a run rally astatine TYR Tactical successful Peoria, Arizona, connected Oct. 22, 2024. (REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

"Here is my intense committedness to you, while you’ve been ignored, by your ain authorities successful nan past 4 days successful nan midst of this unbelievable tragedy," Vance said. "I committedness you, nan cavalry is coming, and erstwhile Donald Trump is president, we’re going to footwear nan cartels’ a--es and we’re going to do it for you and for each personification successful this room."

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"My family feels much comfortableness successful this horrible, horrific arena that we’ve been dealing with," Sweet told nan Examiner. "To consciousness comfortableness from personification that we’ve ne'er met, but felt for illustration he was a personnel of our family, and he cared astir us, genuinely cared astir us."