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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday she expects Boxer Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. must be deported to Mexico to serve a judgment for alleged arms trade and organized crime after he was arrested by Ice in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Chávez turned out to be in the country illegal last week after he gave false statements about a 2024 application for permanent residence based on his marriage with a US citizen.
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Mexicos Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. Arriving at his Cruiserweight boxing match against US Jake Paul in the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, June 28, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
“The hope is that he will be deported and detained the verdict in Mexico,” sheinbaum said during his daily news briefing on Friday, referring to charges that Chávez is facing weapons and drug trafficking.
According to his lawyer Michael Goldstein, the 39-year-old boxer was picked up on Wednesday by a large number of federal agents while driving on a scooter in front of a home where he is a resident of the prestigious Los Angeles neighborhood of Studio City, near Hollywood.
The arrest came only days after the former middle weight master lost a fight against influencer-facing boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.
Chávez shared his time between both countries. Immigration and Customs Investigators detained Chávez for exceeding a tourist visa, which he entered the United States in August 2023 and expired in February 2024, the US Ministry of Homeland Safety said.
According to the department, Chávez is Jr.
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Boxer Jake Paul fights against Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. in the Honda Center on June 28, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez-Preferred Pictures)
On January 22, 2012, California arrested Highway Patrol Chávez and accused him of DUI alcohol/drugs and driving without a license. On June 23, 2012, the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, Chávez sentenced the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced him to 13 days in prison and 36 months probation.
On January 14, 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant for Chávez for the offense of organized crime for the purpose of committing crimes of arms trade and crimes in the modality of those who participate in secretly bring weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives in the country; And those who manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives without the corresponding permission.
On January 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Department Arrested Chávez and accused him of illegal possession of an attack weapon and the manufacture or import of a short barrel of rifle. The court sentenced Chávez for these charges. ‘
DHS also suspects that Chávez is reportedly assumed to be associated with the Sinaloa cartel, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Chávez’s application was based on his marriage to a US citizen associated with the Sinaloa cartel through a previous relationship with the now deceased son of the notorious cartelor Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to DHS.
Jake Paul moves in for a hit against Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. in the Honda Center. (Vasquez-prescribed images)
According to DHS, US citizenship and immigration services in December 2024 had a reference to ICE that Chávez was a “irregular threat of public security”, but he was allowed to reintroduce the country on January 4, 2025, after the registrations indicated that the Biden administration had not made him a priority for immigration.
The Biden administration allowed Chávez to enter the country and paroled him inland in the San Ysidro input, Accorrding to DHS.
