India, July 4 -- Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s arrest by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday was linked to his wife, Frida Munoz, whom he married in 2024.

Chavez Jr entered the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2023, which expired in 2024. He had applied for US citizenship in 2024 through his marriage to Frida Munoz, a US citizen. But that was rejected because Munro "is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel through a previous relationship with the now-deceased son of infamous cartel leader Joaquin El Chapo Guzman," the Department of Homeland Security said in its statement.

"Chavez is also believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization," the statement read.

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