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 the household of a marine seasoned who was precocious murdered successful Mexico. 

Retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets joined Trump connected signifier successful the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson portion speaking astir his lad 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 the Caborca-Altar Highway successful northern Mexico connected Oct. 19, 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

"I truly 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 concern 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, talk 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 with him 3 days aft the killing.

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

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

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

Mexican officials reportedly said that Nicholas Quets didn't halt astatine a cartel checkpoint, and a radical 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 helium was relying connected the FBI to behaviour its probe and wants his son's killers extradited to the U.S.

"What I privation is sponsorship of a mates things," Quets said. "One is alteration to US codification truthful that if radical 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 program successful Mexico that'll institute not lone subject capability, but besides instauration building."

Quets told the assemblage that Trump had a "tear successful his eye" erstwhile the 2 talked astir his lad and that helium believes Trump volition "keep" his committedness to question justness if elected.

Quets besides said that his household attempted to be a rally with Harris moving mate Gov. Tim Walz but were told the venue was afloat and that they could not conscionable with Walz.

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

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"That's unthinkable and frankly, to bash that, to beryllium capable to bash that virtually conscionable a fewer days aft this horrible lawsuit happened is beauteous amazing," Trump told the crowd, who astatine 1 constituent erupted with chants of "Nicholas!"

"I'll archer you. We'll instrumentality attraction of it. We're going to instrumentality 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 helium is. Can you judge it? They cognize who helium 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 enactment the cause smugglers and quality traffickers. We're going to enactment them close retired of business. They're sidesplitting hundreds of thousands of radical successful our country."

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report