Relatives of a U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Arizona who was allegedly killed by drug cartel members in Mexico earlier this month say they’ve been given the cold shoulder by the U.S. government, telling media outlets in Tucson that they’re skeptical about some of the things being reported by Mexican authorities and they want American officials to do more.
On Tuesday, a major development came down from the Sonora Attorney General’s Office in the Nicholas Quets murder case, with authorities in the northwest Mexican state announcing that they’d apprehended two suspects, killed two more and were on the hunt for another.
But according to Quets’ family, there has been no update from U.S. officials.
“I feel like my information should come from my government,” Quets’ father, Warren Douglas Quets, tells the NBC affiliate KVOA.
“That statement is not to disrespect any Mexican officials who have done what they’ve done,” Warren added, noting how he “hopes to God” the suspects being reported were actually involved in his son’s murder but that it’s hard for him to take everything at face value when the FBI is not involved.