Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrested by ICE, facing deportation: Mexican boxer accused of cartel involvement
Ministry of Internal Security Thursday announced The Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Junior has been arrested by ICE and faces deportation for being in the United States illegally as fleeing justice in Mexico, where officials say he has an active arrest warrant for his involvement in organized crime as a company affiliated with Cardel Snalua. Among criminal activities, Chavez is accused of participating in firearms, ammunition and explosives.
According to law enforcement, Chavez, 39, entered the United States legally in August 2023 through a B2 tourist visa, which expired in February 2024, and submitted a request to obtain a permanent legal status in April 2024 on the basis of his marriage to an American citizen. Officials say that Chavez’s wife was associated with Sinaloa Cartel-who was appointed as a foreign terrorist organization by the US government-through a previous relationship with the son who has now died of Cartel Joaen Jozman.
In December 2024, US citizenship and immigration services had led to an enforcement of immigration and customs that Chavez was a “terrible threat to public safety”, but Chefiz was allowed to re -enter the country on January 4, 2025 after the records indicated that the Biden administration did not make him priority to immigration art. After multiple fraudulent statements about his request to become a permanent legal resident, the law enforcement decided that Chavez in the United States illegally and removable on June 27.
Among the crimes that Chavez accused before American law enforcement, includes an arrest warrant in January 2023 due to “the crime organized for the purpose of committing crimes from arms trafficking and manufacturing crimes” and arrest and condemnation in January. ” Chavez was also arrested and convicted in 2012 on charges of the only identity document and driving without a license.
“During the era of President Trump, there is no one above the law-including the world famous athletes,” read a statement issued by the Secretary of the Secretary Trechia McLeulin. “Our message to any of the companies affiliated with the United States is clear: we will find you and will face consequences. The uncomfortable kartel violence has ended.”
Chavez Junior, son of former world champion three times for boxing Julio Cesar Chavez and the older brother of Omar Chavez, won the WBC medium weight title from 2011 to 2012 and has a record at all 54-7-1. His arrest comes a few days after his last match, a Loss for Jake Ball at the Honda Center In Nahaim, California.
Chavez was born in Sinalua, the Sinalua Cartel base, which has grown to become one of the most famous crime cash in Mexico and was appointed as a terrorist organization by American and Canadian governments. The US government has accused Cartel Sinoa of responsibility for drug trafficking, including fentanel across the southern border, as well as kidnapping of American citizens, torture and murder.
