The Mexican president hopes boxer Chavez Jr. will be deported after ice halt
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum On Friday, she hopes that boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be sentenced to accused of arms trafficking and organized crime when he was deported to Mexico after being arrested for ice in Los Angeles on Thursday.
It turns out that Chavez is in the country Last week, illegal After he issued a fraudulent statement about his 2024 application for permanent residence, based on his marriage to a US citizen.
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Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives on June 28, 2025 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California for a cruiserweight boxing match against American Jake Paul. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
“The hope is that he will be deported and served his sentence in Mexico,” Sinbaum said during a daily news briefing on Friday, referring to the charges Chavez faces for arms and drug trafficking.
The 39-year-old boxer was greeted by numerous federal agents on Wednesday while riding a scooter in front of a home living in Studio City’s upscale Los Angeles area near Hollywood, according to his lawyer, Michael Goldstein.
The arrest comes days after the former middleweight champion lost a match against influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.
Chavez split his time between the two countries. The US Department of Homeland Security has detained Chavez because immigrants and customs enforcement officers enrolled in the United States in August 2023 and overstayed tourist visas that expired in February 2024.
According to the department, Chavez Jr. has been charged with several crimes while in the US
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Boxer Jake Paul competes against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Honda Center on June 28, 2025. (Imaginary Gary A. Vasquez-Immagn)
On January 22, 2012, the California High Wie Patrol arrested Chavez and accused him of driving without a DUI alcohol/drug and license. On June 23, 2012, California Superior Court in Los Angeles County was found 13 days in prison and 36 months of probation, convicted of Chavez of driving under the influence of alcohol.
On January 14, 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant for Chavez for organized crimes with the intent to commit crimes of human trafficking and manufacturing weapons in the modality of people bringing weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives into the country. And people who make weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives without their corresponding permission.
On January 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Chavez and charged him with illegal possession of assault weapons and the manufacture or import of short-term versions of the rifle. The court found Chavez guilty of these charges.
DHS is also said to be considered an affiliate of Sinaloa Cartel, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Chavez’s application was based on his marriage to the Sinaloa cartel through his previous relationship with the late son of infamous cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to the DHS.
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Jake Paul moves on to a hit with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center. (Vasquez-Imagn image)
According to the DHS, in December 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Agency introduced Chavez to the ice as a “severe public safety threat,” but he was allowed to re-enter the country on January 4, 2025 after the Biden administration showed that he was not prioritized immigration enforcement.
Due to the Biden administration, Chavez re-entered the country, releasing him parole to the country at San Isidro’s port of entry and ordered the DHS.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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