The son of a Texas rancher is speaking out after his father was killed by an improvised explosive device planted by cartels at his ranch in Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas.

U.S. Army veteran Ramiro Céspedes told “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that the attack was an act of terrorism, and the cartels are using “the same tactics that the terrorist groups were using in Iraq.”

“I believe the cartels have more sophisticated equipment than the Mexican army has,” he said. “Also, the training. They need some training on how to combat terrorism.”

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