MEXICO CITY (AP) — As a professional, Julio César Chávez fought 115 times in the ring. Now, the former world champion said he was ready to fight outside of it to defend his same-name son, who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents at his Los Angeles home for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.

Former world champ Julio Cesar Chavez is set to defend his same-name son, arrested by U.S. immigration agents at his Los Angeles home for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application, telling a newspaper that his child "is not a criminal.

Boxer Julio Cesar Chávez Jr.’s location is unknown following his arrest by ICE last week, days after he fought influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.

Heavily armed federal border agents and U.S. troops descended upon MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon as part of an immigration raid that appeared to turn up mostly empty. The operation,

About 90 members of the California National Guard and over dozen military vehicles like Humvees are helping protect immigration officers Monday as they carry out a raid in a Los Angeles park

They need to leave and they need to leave right now because this is unacceptable,’ Mayor Bass said of the federal agents.