'Tiger King' Joe Exotic's Deported Husband Issues Desperate Plea To Trump Amid Fear For His Life

Joe Exotic's deported husband, Jorge Flores Maldonado, is pleading with President Donald Trump to pardon him after he was arrested by ICE officials and subsequently deported to Mexico.

Flores begged for permission to come back to the US because he fears for his safety in Mexico. He added that he and Exotic have "many plans" and want to "live a beautiful life."

Jorge Flores also opened up about the hurdles his relationship with Joe Exotic had to overcome, explaining that the wildlife lover had to pick up Spanish classes to bridge the language gap.

Exotic's deported husband has issued a desperate plea to Trump for his deportation to be reversed amid fears for his safety.

Jorge Flores Maldonado was deported by ICE on May 17 following his arrest in August when he was caught driving a car with six other undocumented immigrants across the Mexico-US border.

He's seemingly battling anxiety about remaining in Mexico as he fears the cartel-infested country may leave him a victim of kidnapping and organized crime.

"There is a lot of organized crime here, and there is no security," Flores told the New York Post. "I am a very famous person, and right now I run the risk of being kidnapped.

"The cartels are very active here — I cannot even go out on the street," he added. "They think I have money because of my husband."

Flores's run-in with the law seems to have brought a good thing to his life. It was inside a federal lockup in Fort Worth, Texas, where his relationship-turned-marriage with Exotic began. The infamous cat wrangler is in the fifth year of his 21-year sentence for plotting to hire a hitman to murder his arch-rival, Carole Baskin, and for violating federal wildlife laws.

In his chat with the New York Post, Flores opened up about their "beautiful" romance and weighed in on how the language barrier threatened to upend their relationship.

"It was a beautiful romance," he said, referring to his relationship-turned-marriage to Exotic, born Joseph Allen Maldonado.

He continued, "When I arrived at the prison, Joe wanted to get to know me, he wanted to talk to me, and since I didn't know English, we would translate back and forth because he said, 'I want to know more about you.'"

Exotic was quite the lover boy as he invested in his language skills to ensure his relationship with Flores thrived.

While they began growing close to each other, the "Surviving Joe Exotic" star picked up Spanish classes while Flores attempted to pick up English.

Things seemingly progressed well between the pair as they bonded over long walks in the prison yards, shared workouts, meals, library dates, and movie nights.

"He is very nice, he made me laugh at anything, he was always happy," Flores gushed. "We had a very beautiful routine."

The pair solidified their relationship when they had a prison wedding in November, with Flores getting a "Joe Exotic" tattoo on his neck and an image of Exotic's face inked on his left forearm.

However, that didn't last much as his deportation has now ensured he's separated from his big-cat-loving husband.

"I feel terrible, I have been very depressed, desperate," he said, going on to plead for Exotic's release.

"I want permission to return to the United States, and I want Donald Trump to pardon my husband as well – that's what I want. I want him to get out of prison, so we can move to the beach. We have many plans. We want to start working again, to do a lot of things, to live a beautiful life," Flores continued.

"Joe wants to return to his music…and I want to support him," he added.

Trump has taken a no-nonsense approach to immigration since assuming office in January. Back in April 2020, he was asked if he would consider pardoning Exotic, but he was unaware of the case and vowed to "take a look."

For Flores, it remains to be seen if he'll be allowed back into the country, as Trump's administration has now adopted a stricter measure to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the country.

It is penalizing some of them with fines totaling up to $1,000 a day for every day they stay in the country illegally.

According to the New York Times, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin shared that the government has slapped $2 billion in fines on nearly 7,000 people who have failed to leave the country after being ordered to or choosing to voluntarily leave.