EXCLUSIVE — The family of Nicholas Douglas Quets, a Marine veteran killed by a suspected Mexican cartel member last weekend, said they were taken aback by the concern and deep support that former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), have expressed to them in private meetings.

The father and brother-in-law of Quets spoke with the Washington Examiner on Friday about separate encounters they had with Trump and Vance in Arizona this week, just days after learning that Nicholas, a 31-year-old Pima County resident, was fatally shot after being ambushed by another vehicle while driving in northern Mexico last Friday.