Mexican president expects boxer Chávez Jr to be deported after ICE arrest

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Friday she expects boxer Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. to be deported to Mexico to serve a sentence for alleged arms trafficking and arranged crime, after he was arrested by ICE in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Chávez was discovered to be within the nation illegally last week after he made fraudulent statements on a 2024 software for everlasting residency primarily based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen.

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Mexico's Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match in opposition to USA's Jake Paul on the Honda Heart in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2025. ( Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

"The hope is that he might be deported and serve the sentence in Mexico," Sheinbaum stated throughout her every day information briefing Friday, referring to expenses that Chávez faces for arms and drug trafficking.

The 39-year-old boxer, in accordance with his lawyer Michael Goldstein, was picked up on Wednesday by numerous federal brokers whereas he was using a scooter in entrance of a house the place he resides within the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio Metropolis, close to Hollywood.

The arrest got here solely days after the previous middleweight champion misplaced a match in opposition to influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.

Chávez cut up his time between each nations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Chávez for overstaying a vacationer visa that he entered the U.S. with in August 2023 and expired in February 2024, the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety stated.

In line with the division, Chávez Jr. has been charged with a number of crimes whereas within the U.S.

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Boxer Jake Paul fights in opposition to Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. at Honda Heart on June 28, 2025. ( Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Photographs)

On Jan. 22, 2012, the California Highwaay Patrol arrested Chávez and charged him with DUI alcohol/medicine and driving with no license. On June 23, 2012, the Superior Court docket of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chávez of the offense of driving inebriated and sentenced him to 13 days in jail and 36 months’ probation.

On Jan. 14, 2023, a District Choose issued an arrest warrant for Chávez for the offense of organized crime for the aim of committing crimes of weapons trafficking and manufacturing crimes, within the modality of those that take part in clandestinely bringing weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives into the nation; and those that manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives with out the corresponding allow.

On Jan. 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Division arrested Chávez and charged him with Unlawful possession of an assault weapon and manufacture or import of a short-barreled rifle. The courtroom convicted Chávez of those expenses.'

DHS additionally suspects Chávez is allegedly believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel, a chosen Overseas Terrorist Group. Chávez’s software was primarily based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who's linked to the Sinaloa Cartel via a previous relationship with the now-deceased son of the notorious cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in accordance with DHS.

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Jake Paul strikes in for a success in opposition to Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. at Honda Heart. (Vasquez-Imagn Photographs)

In line with DHS, in December 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers had made a referral to ICE that Chávez was an "egregious public security risk," however he was allowed to reenter the nation on Jan. 4, 2025 after data indicated the Biden Administration had not made him an immigration enforcement precedence.

The Biden administration allowed Chávez to re-enter the nation and paroled him into the nation on the San Ysidro port of entry, accorrding to DHS.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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