Just days after boxing Jake Paul in the main event of a match held at Anaheim’s Honda Center, former world champion Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was detained and is in the process of being deported from the United States just days after fighting social media influencer Jake Paul in a high-profile bout.

DHS says that woman has prior connections to the Sinaloa Cartel through a past relationship with the now-deceased son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the cartel’s infamous leader. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services referred Chavez’s case to ICE on December 17, 2024, labeling him an egregious threat to public safety.