Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was deported from the US after overstaying visa and lying on green card application. He was also wanted for cartel connections.
Nearly two months after losing a fight to YouTuber Jake Paul, boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico. Chávez Jr. is currently wanted for alleged cartel ties in Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the news at her daily press conference on Tuesday.
« I understand he was deported. I don’t know if it was yesterday or this morning, but we were informed that he was arriving in Mexico », Sheinbaum said.
The boxer was arrested in the U.S. on July 3 for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. The arrest occurred less than a week after losing his comeback fight against 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 attorney general, said the investigation into Chávez started in 2019.
Sheinbaum said after the arrest she hoped the boxer would be deported to face his charges.
Chávez’s father was a massive celebrity in the 1980s and 1990s who mixed social circles with drug dealers and claimed to have been friends with drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
The iconic fighter defended his son following his arrest, but has not spoken since the deportation.
