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

The Sonora Attorney General's Office said a vehicle pulled up alongside Quets' pick-up truck and opened fire in a "direct attack," according to KVOA. An armed group had tried to stop Quets' truck at an illicit checkpoint and followed after them when they did not pull over, a Sonora official confirmed to Tucson.com. 

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. 

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

"If my case for my son is not worthy of the highest level of attention from the U.S. government, then what is?" he added. "How can this be that this Marine gets killed 30 minutes south of the border?" 

"I haven't heard from anybody, elected or appointed government officials, at all," he added. "And I begged for that to the point where, yesterday, I wrote 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 in getting the U.S. involved.'"

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Harris campaign for comment on Sunday but did not hear back. "We can confirm the death of U.S. citizen Nicholas Douglas Quets in Mexico," a State Department spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. Out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones during this difficult time, we have no further comment." 

Vance, a fellow Marine veteran, met with the Quets family in Tucson before mentioning the veteran by name on stage. "Over the next couple of weeks, we all need to work to apply pressure on the cartels who 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 promise to you, while you've been ignored, by your own government in the last four days in the midst of this unbelievable tragedy," Vance said. "I promise you, the cavalry is coming, and when Donald Trump is president, we're going to kick the cartels' a--es and we're going to do it for you and for every person in this room."

"My family feels more comfort in this horrible, horrific event that we've been dealing with," Sweet told the Examiner. "To feel comfort from somebody that we've never met, but felt like he was a member of our family, and he cared about us, truly cared about us."