Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported from the United States and imprisoned in Mexico approximately one month after federal agents stopped him in the Studio City of Los Angeles area.
The arrest documents of the National Detention Registry of Mexico Show Chávez Jr. were arrested on Monday. It was transferred from a border control point to police custody and imprisoned in Sonora, Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was asked about the deportation procedure during his morning press conference on Tuesday.
“I understand that he was deported. I don’t know if it was yesterday or this morning, but they informed us that he was going to arrive in Mexico,” said Sheinbaum.
The president also said: “There was an arrest warrant. [against Chávez Jr.]. This was communicated several weeks ago. When he was arrested there [in Los Angeles]There was an arrest warrant in Mexico of the Office of the Attorney General. “
Chávez Jr. was arrested in July outside his home by federal agents in the area of the city of Los Angeles study in relation to an active order in Mexico, said the Department of National Security. The former World WBC world champion of 39 years was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Compliance agents only days after he was defeated by the influencer converted into a Jake Paul boxer in a 10 round cruise weight fight in the Honda Center in Anaheim.
The arrest arose from accusations of links with the notorious drug poster of Sinaloa, according to the DHS.
After the arrest of Chávez Jr., Sheinbaum confirmed that the country has had an arrest warrant since 2023 that was part of an investigation that began in 2019. Sheinbaum said that Mexico had not previously arrested the boxer in an arrest warrant of 2023 because it had been mainly in the United States since then.
Chávez Jr. claimed the medium weight title in June 2011 and defended the title three times. Son of a former multi -division boxing champion was born in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, and embarked on his professional boxing career when he was a teenager, making his debut in September 2002.
The arrest occurred after weeks of federal operations of immigration application in the Los Angeles area after President Donald Trump made the problem a central part of his campaign. Operations have been reported in residential areas, car washed, home improvement store parking lots and other places.
The DHS said that Chávez Jr. entered the country in August 2023 with a B2 tourist visa that was valid until 2024. He submitted a request for the status of the legal permanent resident last year based on his marriage to an American citizen, whom the department also accused of having connections to the Sinaloa cartel “through a previous relationship with the now made son of the infamous leader of the infamous cartel.
In December, American citizenship and immigration services made a reference to the ice that Chávez Jr. is a “atrocious public security threat,” DHS said. In January, Chávez was allowed to re -enter the country in the port of San Ysidro entrance near San Diego.
He is accused of multiple “fraudulent statements” about the request for legal permanent residence, according to the DHS, which considered it removable of the United States on June 27.
“This affiliate of Sinaloa cartel with an active arrest warrant for the trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives was arrested by ICE. It is surprising to the previous administration marked this illegal criminal foreigner as a threat of public security, but chose not to prioritize its removal and let it go and return to our country,” said DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “According to President Trump, no one is above the law, including world -fame athletes. Our message to any poster affiliate in the United States is clear: we will find it and face consequences. The days of violence of the un controlled poster have ended.”
Chávez Jr. has faced legal problems in the United States, including an arrest of illegal possession in January of illegal possession of an assault rifle. He spoke with Nbcla after the arrest and said he was “ready to move forward.”
Nbcla spoke with Chávez Jr.’s lawyer after the DHS announced the arrest.
“This seems to be just another headline to terrorize the Latin community,” said lawyer Michael A. Goldstein, referring to immigration application operations in southern California. “In the case that involves Armas, a court granted a mental health diversion, which Chavez was eligible and adequate for the status statutes. Complying with his detour, has completed all the requirements they requested, and we hope that the case will be dismissed under the fun statutes.
Goldstein was asked in July about the accusations of the poster.
“This is the first time we have heard of these scandalous accusations,” he said.
In January, the Trump administration designated drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in an order that said that organizations “constitute a threat of national security beyond that raised by traditional organized crime.”
Family members issued a statement at the time of arrest in July.
“Our family is deeply concerned about the situation. During these difficult times, we reiterate our full and unconditional support to Julio. We fully trust his innocence and character, since we do the justice system in Mexico and in the United States, in the hope that the situation will be clarified, which attributes their rights and truth,” the Chavez family wrote in the statement.
During the raids of application of immigration in southern California, the Administration has highlighted arrests involving undocumented people with condemnations for violent crimes. Those who have been trapped in the national raids include asylum applicants, people who exceeded their visas and migrants waiting for their day in the immigration court.
Until August 1, almost 56,600 migrants had been arrested by ICE since the beginning of President Trump’s second mandate, according to NBC News, which used both public and internal ICE data, as well as data from the Customs Agency and border protection of the United States. Around 29% of those in detention had criminal convictions, 24.7% had pending criminal charges, 46.8% were “another immigration offender” and 11.9% were accelerated for deportation.
