The famous Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for illegally entering the US. And will be deported to Mexico, where he faces charges of organized crimes, federal officials said Thursday.
The arrest occurs only days after former medium -weight champion fought in a match against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.
The National Security Department said that Customs Immigration and Compliance agents arrested Chávez to exaggerate a tourist visa that expired in February 2024 after he entered the country in August 2023.
The American citizenship and immigration services marked ICE over Chávez last year, saying that “it is an atrocious public security threat” and, nevertheless, it was allowed to return to the country on January 4 of this year, the agency said.
The authorities said it has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for its participation in organized crime and trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives and is believed to be an affiliate from the Sinaloa cartel. Ice agents arrested Chavez on July 2.
Associated Press could not contact Chávez to comment or a lawyer who represented him previously.
The Administration said that Chavez requested a green card on April 2, 2024, based on his marriage to an American citizen, who is connected to the Sinaloa cartel through a previous relationship with the now deceased son of the leader of the imprisoned poster Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman. The agency said he had submitted multiple fraudulent statements about his request, which led to his arrest.
Chávez had fought only once since 2021 before his fight with Paul, having fallen into innumerable minimums during a long boxing race made in the shadow of his father, one of the most beloved athletes in Mexican history. The son has failed in drug tests, served suspensions and lost his weight while he had been widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to sport.
He still reached his heights, winning the medium weight title of the WBC in 2011 and defending it three times. Chávez shared the ring with great generational Canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martínez, losing to both.
