Julio César Chávez Jr. deported to Mexico over alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties

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Almost two months after shedding a struggle to YouTuber Jake Paul, boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico. Chávez Jr. is at present needed for alleged cartel ties in Mexico.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the information at her day by day press convention on Tuesday.

"I perceive he was deported. I don’t know if it was yesterday or this morning, however we had been knowledgeable that he was arriving in Mexico," Sheinbaum stated.

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

The boxer was arrested within the U.S. on July 3 for overstaying his visa and mendacity on a inexperienced card utility. The arrest occurred lower than every week after shedding his comeback struggle towards Paul on June 28 in Anaheim, California.

Chávez, 39, had a warrant for his arrest in Mexico for alleged arms and drug trafficking and ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. Alejandro Gertz Manero, Mexico’s legal professional basic, stated the investigation into Chávez began in 2019.

Sheinbaum stated after the arrest she hoped the boxer can be deported to face his fees.

Chávez’s father was a large celeb within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties who blended social circles with drug sellers and claimed to have been mates with drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.

The long-lasting fighter defended his son following his arrest, however has not spoken for the reason that deportation.

The youthful Chávez has battled drug habit for a lot of his boxing profession, failing drug exams, serving suspensions and egregiously lacking weight whereas being broadly criticized for his intermittent dedication to the game. Chavez gained the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defended it 3 times. He shared the ring with generational greats Canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martinez, shedding to each.

In 2012, he was convicted of drunken driving in Los Angeles and sentenced to 13 days in jail. In January 2024, he was arrested on gun fees. Police stated he possessed two AR-style ghost rifles. He was later freed on a $50,000 bond and on situation he went to a residential drug remedy facility. The case continues to be pending, with Chávez reporting his progress often.

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Boxer Jake Paul fights towards Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Honda Heart on June 28, 2025. ( Gary A. Vasquez/ Imagn Pictures)

Based on the Division of Homeland Safety, Chávez Jr. has been charged with a number of crimes whereas within the U.S.

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

On Jan. 14, 2023, a District Decide 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 people who manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges, and explosives with out the corresponding allow.

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

DHS additionally suspects Chavez is allegedly believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel, a delegated International Terrorist Group. Chavez’s utility was based mostly on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who's linked to the Sinaloa Cartel by way of a previous relationship with the now-deceased son of the notorious cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in line with DHS.

The boxer was practically solid in a foreign country months in the past.

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FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., proper, of Mexico, talks along with his father, legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, left, at a information convention to advertise his upcoming middleweight championship boxing match with Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, in Los Angeles, July 10, 2012. (AP Picture/Reed Saxon, File)

Based on DHS, in December 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies had made a referral to ICE that Chávez was an "egregious public security menace," however Chavez was allowed to reenter the nation on Jan. 4, 2025 after information indicated former President Joe Biden's administration had not made him an immigration enforcement precedence.

Afterward, the Biden administration allowed Chavez to reenter the nation and paroled him into the nation on the San Ysidro port of entry, per DHS.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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