A 31-year-old Marine veteran from Arizona, whose father was murdered at an illegal checkpoint while driving to a beach in Mexico in 2024, said he did not want Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to quote his son’s name when announcing new sanctions against Sinaloa Cartel.
Doug Quets, himself a U.S. veteran whose son Nicholas Quets served in the Marine Corps for four years, said he was “really humble and surprised” and Best remembered him, and another U.S., U.S., U.S., U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Camarena was kidnapped, tortured and killed in 1985.
Bessent named the two men in a video statement released on Monday – Nicholas Quets’ 32nd birthday – announcing sanctions on six people and seven entities suspected of participating in money laundering networks Sinaloa Cartel.
“I have confidence in President Trump…I know we haven’t forgotten, but when the secretary mentioned my son’s name, no, I’m not. I didn’t expect it,” Doug Quets told Fox News Digital. “I have faith in many different levels of government and God that can do things because in fact, if you apply for these questions, if you pursue them and face them, they are basically bullies, right? Because the United States decided to do something about it.”
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Nicholas Douglas Quets is a 31-year-old Marine veteran who loves to be on the water, his family said. (Quets Family)
Quets noted that the Trump administration’s information was contrasted with what officials on both sides of the border heard five months ago. He said officials repeatedly told his grieving family after Nicholas killed Nicholas in Mexico’s Sonora state, “We are sorry, but there is nothing to do.”
“To me, it’s just outrageous, because [as] The idea that a person who spends a lot of time providing security and promoting welfare for others is the knowledge that bullies and criminals can do nothing is wrong. You just have to face it,” Quets told Fox News Digital. “We can win any battle. We can win this battle. And knowing that President Trump takes this very seriously, yes, it gives me hope that my family hopes it will end well for many. It will never end for me, what we want to come back, they won’t come back, but we can protect your family. We can protect other families. ”
Quets praised Trump for using “all tools of U.S. state power” to the Cartel and described the “overwhelming” support from the National Security Council, the Justice Department and the FBI.
“It’s moving, never moving as quickly as my parents, but he takes our case very seriously and I’m very happy about it. Everything we’re talking about, he’s moving forward and as soon as possible, I’m sure he’s as sure as quickly as possible.”
About three weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi DEA Agent Camarena, After the extradition of his accused killer Rafael Caro Quintero. Quintero, one of the 29 defendants detained in the United States in February, faces prosecution of cartel-related crimes in the United States, dating back to the 1980s.
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In an active investigation, Quets declined to disclose the latest news about his son’s case, but welcomed these extraditions, a sign of the growing momentum of American institutions facing this “evil.”
“I’m glad. I’m not surprised because I do know that this can be done. And I do feel like this is done under President Trump, but I’m glad these extraditions have begun.”
Donald Trump retains a photo of Marine veteran Nicholas Douglas Quets, who was allegedly killed by cartel members in Mexico, and his parents retired Colonel Warren Douglas Quets and Patricia, speaking on the October 31, 2024 campaign, held on October 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Nicholas Quets was employed in Pima County, Arizona, engaged in water reclamation and worked as a welder business as a welder at the time of his death, and on October 18, 2024, he had been driving in the Mexican beach town before he fled to Rocky Point, a small Mexican beach town, during his escape campaign, at the height of illegal registration, when he was on the Evardapet campaign because he was on the Expectation of Decialt.
The family later learned that the route became even more dangerous as the battle against rival cartels in the area, with two elderly American women killed at a similar checkpoint about a month ago, although the story was barely reported at the time. Nicholas Quets was hunted by Cartel members in about seven miles of chase, and then they ran his 1996 Ford F-250 into the middle of cement while the alleged cartel members “shooted him to his back.”
Doug Quets said a few days after his son was murdered that he met with the vice presidential candidate and then met with the then-selected candidate. Ohio’s JD Vance was running in Arizona. Trump also met his sad father, who was swaying in the “War of Life” and everyone praised the humanity of the two Republicans.
Doug Quets said he was ignored when Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s team stopped in the state. Trump later invited the Quet family to a rally near Arizona, and Doug Quets said Trump unexpectedly introduced him to the crowd, Invite him to speak on the stage.
“There is no script, no choice,” Quite said. “Nick is an innocent American citizen who drove to the beach and was executed by his husband later. ”
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“You have to accept the fact that there are good things, there are bad things, there are evil in the world. And my son has no fault of his own, facing evil. And, evil is now taking responsibility and paying for it.”
