Los Angeles (USA), Oct 24 (EFE).- Former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump took advantage this Thursday of the recent murder of a US Army veteran in northern Mexico to warn that if it is elected will “put the cartels out of business.”
During a campaign rally in the small city of Tempe, Arizona, the former president, who governed between 2017 and 2021, referred to the shooting of Nick Quets, 31, on a highway in northern Sonora (Mexico). last Friday night when he was out for a walk with some friends.
“Just a few days ago, a young Marine Corps veteran named Nicholas Quets, from right here in Arizona, was driving through Mexico for a weekend at the beach… when he was brutally gunned down on the road and killed by members of a Mexican cartel, and it was brutal. For no reason,” said the former president.
Quets’ parents, sister and brother-in-law were present at today’s rally and Trump addressed them to express his condolences and promise that under his second administration he will achieve “a complete and total victory over these monsters.”
“We will recover our territory, we will restore the sovereign borders of the United States of America and we will quickly put the cartels out of business. They are going to leave,” the candidate stressed.
The Sonora Attorney General’s Office said that Quest, who had traveled from Tucson, Arizona, with some friends, was the victim of a “direct attack” by armed men who approached the vehicle in which he was traveling and began shooting. The young man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The murder of Quets allowed the Republican candidate to dedicate a few minutes to the issue, although he did not explain how he will confront the cartels and if he would work with the Government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to deal with the violence.
Immigration, Trump’s priority
During his visit to Arizona, the former president spent more than half of his speech talking about his immigration proposals and border security. “The United States is the trash can of the world,” he said when referring to the arrival of immigrants from various countries.
He highlighted the support that the Border Patrol Workers Union has given him.
He also attacked his opponent again, Vice President Kamala Harris, and, as he has done in previous campaign events, described the national situation in economic, social and political matters as “regrettable.”
Trump and Harris have pushed the accelerator to the floor to campaign, especially in seven key states, including Arizona, that will define the winner of the White House.
The state that was previously a Republican stronghold opted in 2020 for President Joe Biden, who won the state by 11,000 votes, a victory that had not occurred since former President Bill Clinton won in 1996 and this Wednesday he campaigned for Harris in the state capital, Phoenix.
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