Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr likely to soon be deported to Mexico: Sheinbaum

US migration agents arrested Chavez earlier this week, with authorities alleging ties to Mexican cartel.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced she expects boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to soon beryllium deported from the United States to service a condemnation for arms trafficking and organised crime.

Sheinbaum explained connected Friday that Mexico has had an apprehension warrant for the boxer since 2023, stemming from an probe initiated successful 2019. But Chavez had not antecedently been arrested due to the fact that helium spends astir of his clip successful the US.

““The anticipation is that helium volition beryllium deported and service the condemnation successful Mexico,” Sheinbaum said, adding: “That’s the process the lawyer general’s bureau is moving on.”

Her connection comes 2 days aft Chavez was detained successful Los Angeles by US migration authorities, aft they determined helium made fraudulent statements successful a 2024 exertion for imperishable residency.

The lad of a boxing legend, Chavez appeared past play successful a sold-out lucifer successful Anaheim, California. But helium lost to 28-year-old influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul successful a unanimous determination aft 10 rounds.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr throws a punch astatine Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing lucifer successful Anaheim, California [Etienne Laurent/The Associated Press]

Alleged ties to cartel

Following his arrest, the US Department of Homeland Security said that Chavez is suspected of having ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.

The US has designated the radical and respective different Latin American cartels arsenic “foreign violent organisations” arsenic portion of a wider effort to staunch cross-border crime.

The medication has besides sought to surge deportations successful caller years, to marque bully connected US President Donald Trump’s run promises.

Michael Goldstein, a lawyer for Chavez, said much than 2 twelve migration agents arrested the boxer astatine his location successful the Studio City country of Los Angeles connected Wednesday.

“The existent allegations are outrageous and look to beryllium designed arsenic a header to terrorise the community,” Goldstein said.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr is seen successful Anaheim, California [File: Etienne Laurent/The Associated Press]

Chavez’s household successful Mexico said successful a connection that they “fully spot his innocence”.

His wife, Frida Munoz Chavez, was antecedently joined to the lad of the erstwhile Sinaloa Cartel leader, who is serving a beingness condemnation successful a US prison, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. That son, Edgar, was assassinated successful Culiacan, Mexico, successful 2008.

Speaking connected Friday, Sheinbaum said she did not cognize if the boxer had immoderate ties to the cartel.

The lad of Mexican satellite champion combatant Julio Cesar Chavez, Chavez had won the WBC middleweight title successful 2011. He mislaid the rubric the pursuing year.

However, his vocation has been mostly overshadowed by controversies, including a suspension aft investigating affirmative for a banned substance successful 2009 and a good and suspension aft investigating affirmative for marijuana successful 2013.