The mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, the Houston girl allegedly killed last year by illegal immigrants from Venezuela, has voiced support for President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the military to target cartel operations.

On Tuesday, Trump announced that the US military carried out an operation off the coast of Venezuela that struck a Tren de Aragua drug boat, killing 11 narco-terrorists who were reportedly attempting to smuggle drugs into the United States.

“Taking down their drug boat [Tuesday] shows real strength, and I pray they keep going until every last one of these monsters is off our streets and out of our hemisphere,” said Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn’s mother, according to Fox News.

Nungaray described the tragic circumstances leading up to her daughter’s death in a video by The American Border Story. She recounted how she tracked Jocelyn’s phone to a skate park just minutes from their home before learning the devastating news from officers at the crime scene.

“There’s already an officer walking in my direction before I even put my car in park,” Nungaray detailed. “I run out, and I’m like, ‘I’m looking for my daughter. [I] don’t know where she is. … I’ve checked everywhere. Her phone shows it’s here.’ He kind of walked me away from the direction of where the tape was, and he was like, ‘Oh, this is something else. … But just keep your phone on you nearby.’”

She said her daughter fought back against her attacker. “She left marks on them. She bit them. She left scratches. She had broken nails. She had their DNA under her nails. I think when she knew she wasn’t going to make it out, she knew a way to help find them. It’s sad that she had to do that, but it’s a very courageous thing that she was able to do that at such a young age.”

The suspects were identified as two illegal Venezuelan nationals in their 20s, reportedly tied to Tren de Aragua. One had previously been accused of raping an American woman in Costa Rica. Both men were apprehended by Border Patrol under the Biden administration but released into the country. Jocelyn’s murder occurred just months later.

“The two men who took my daughter’s life away from her were not from here,” Nungaray said. “They were released because of Biden’s catch-and-release policy. They weren’t held until their detention immigration hearing. They were let go. … She should have never encountered them. She should have been able to make it home. She didn’t ask for her life to be ripped away from her.”