Overview

• ICE agents arrested Chávez Jr. on July 2 in Studio City and he is being held for expedited removal from the U.S.
• DHS reports he faces a Mexican arrest warrant accusing him of involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition and explosives.
• USCIS labeled him an “egregious public safety threat” in December, and he re-entered under parole at San Ysidro in January.
• His application for permanent residency has drawn allegations of fraudulent statements and ties between his spouse and a late son of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán.
• The detention follows intensified federal enforcement in Los Angeles targeting figures linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.