Biden and Harris remain silent on the killing of Marine veterans in Mexico by a suspected cartel

Former President Donald Trump and running mate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, met with the family of the U.S. Marine veteran who was killed along a Mexican highway earlier this month by suspects believed to be cartel members.

Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Navy veteran who worked for Pima County, Arizona on water reclamation projects, was shot and killed on October 19 along the Caborca-Altar Highway in northern Mexico.

His family said Quets drove to Rocky Point with friends for a beach trip. The shooting took place about 30 miles south of the US-Mexico border.

The Sonora attorney general’s office said a vehicle pulled up next to Quets’ pickup and opened fire in a “direct attack,” according to KVOA. An armed group had tried to stop Quets’ truck at an illegal checkpoint and followed them when they did not stop, a Sonora official confirmed to Tucson.com.

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Quets’ father and brother-in-law described to the Washington Examiner private meetings the family had with Trump and Vance last week while the Republican running mates were campaigning in Arizona.

“I didn’t know what to expect because he is a TV star, billionaire and populist,” Quets’ father, retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets, told the Examiner. “He looked at me, looked at the picture of Nick. He had a tear in his eye and said, ‘Tell me what happened.’ And he was actually angry when we told him the story… He said, ‘Tell me what I can do for you and your family.’

Quets’ father said the family has not heard from elected officials in the Biden-Harris administration.

‘A US military veteran The transit through Mexico was executed and four days later no official, outside of the consulate in Mexico, has made any effort to contact us or inform us of what is happening,” the elder said Quets to the examiner last week. for is an investigation and prosecution within the United States. We want the US to take over the prosecution.”

“If my case for my son doesn’t deserve the highest attention of the U.S. government, what does?” he added. “How could this Marine be killed thirty minutes south of the border?”

“I have not heard from anyone, elected or appointed government officials,” he added. “And I begged for that to the point where yesterday I wrote to the consul and said, ‘Don’t worry about it anymore. I’m going to go ahead and contact (President Claudia Sheinbaum) in Mexico and ask for her help. to involve the US. ”

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“I have no doubt that the President of the United States was informed in his presidential letter Saturday morning that a veteran of the United States Marines had been killed in Mexico. I have no doubt about it,” said Quets’ brother-in-law and best friend. friend, retired Air Force Capt. Philip Sweet, told the Examiner.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House campaign and Harris for comment on Sunday but did not hear back.

Trump met with the Quets family and posed for a photo with the slain veteran’s portrait in it Tempe, Arizonalast week.

Vance, a fellow Marine veteran, met with the Quets family in Tucson before mentioning the veteran by name on stage.

“Over the next few weeks, we all need to put pressure on the cartels that murdered this innocent, young Marine and try to put pressure on Kamala Harris to do something about it,” Vance told the crowd.

“Here is my solemn pledge to you as you have been ignored by your own government for the past four days, in the midst of this incredible tragedy,” Vance said. “I promise you, the cavalry is coming, and when Donald Trump is president, we’re going to kick the cartels and we’re going to do it for you and for everyone in this room.”

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Quets’ father recalled the family’s private meeting with Vance in advance: say to the examiner“(Vance) says, ‘You’re talking to me like JD. I want you to tell me exactly what I need to know, and I want you to tell me how I can help you. That’s what he said. So it was really a classy move, and it was sincere.”

“As an apolitical man, you want the best for the country, and that is what I have dedicated my life to,” he added. “I left the meeting feeling ready to follow Vance anywhere.”

“My family feels more at ease with this horrible, horrific event that we’ve had to deal with,” Sweet told the Examiner. “To feel comfort from someone we’ve never met, but felt like he was a member of our family, and that he cared about us, really cared about us.”