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Almost two months after losing a fight against Youtuber Jake Paul, boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was expelled in Mexico. Chávez Jr. is currently wanted for alleged cartel ties in Mexico.
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the news on Tuesday of her daily press conference.
“I understand that he was expelled. I do not know if it was yesterday or this morning, but we were informed that he arrived in Mexico,” said Sheinbaum.
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico arrives for his Cruiserweight boxing match against Jake Paul in the United States at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, June 28, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
The boxer was arrested in the United States on July 3 for exceeding his visa and lying on a green card request. The arrest occurred less than a week after losing his fight against Paul on June 28 in Anaheim, California.
Chávez, 39, had a mandate for his arrest in Mexico for alleged trafficking in arms and drugs and links with the Sinaloa cartel. Alejandro Gertz Manero, attorney general of Mexico, said that the investigation into Chávez had started in 2019.
Sheinbaum said that after the arrest, she hoped that the boxer would be expelled to cope with his charges.
Chávez’s father was a massive celebrity in the 1980s and 1990s which mixed social circles with drug traffickers and said he was a friend with drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
The emblematic fighter defended his son after his arrest, but has not spoken since the expulsion.
The youngest Chávez fought against drug addiction for a large part of his boxing career, failing drug tests, serving suspensions and lacking in a blatant way while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to sport. Chavez won the WBC average weight title in 2011 and defended it three times. He shared the ring with the great generational canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martinez, losing both.
In 2012, he was found guilty of driving driving in Los Angeles and sentenced to 13 days in prison. In January 2024, he was arrested for firearms. Police said he had two AR -style ghost rifles. He was then released on an obligation of $ 50,000 and on condition, he went to a residential drug treatment center. The case is still pending, Chávez regularly signaling its progress.
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Boxer Jake Paul fights against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Honda Center on June 28, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez / Imagn Images)
According to the Ministry of Internal Security, Chávez Jr. has been accused of several crimes in the United States
On January 22, 2012, California Highwaay Patrol arrested Chávez and charged with alcohol / dual drugs and driving without a license. On June 23, 2012, the California Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, sentenced Chávez guilty of the offense of conduct under the influence of alcohol and sentenced it to 13 days in prison and 36 months of probation.
On January 14, 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant against Chávez, for the offense of organized crime with the aim of committing crimes of arms trafficking and manufacturing of crimes, in the modality of those who participated in the creation of arms, ammunition, cartridges, explosives in the country; And those who make weapons, ammunition, cartridges and explosives without the corresponding license.
On January 7, 2024, the Los Angeles police service arrested Chavez and charged it with illegal possession of an assault and manufacturing or importing gun in Baril Court. The court sentenced Chavez to these accusations.
The DHS also suspects that Chavez would be considered an affiliate of the Sinaloa cartel, an designated foreign terrorist organization. The application of Chavez was based on his marriage to an American citizen, who is linked to the Sinaloa cartel by a previous relationship with the deceased son of the famous leader of the cartel Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, according to DHS.
The boxer was almost thrown outside the country months ago.
File – Julio CESAR CHAVEZ JR., on the right, of Mexico, speaks with his father, the legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, on the left, during a press conference to promote his next match of medium weight championship with Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, in Los Angeles, on July 10, 2012. (AP photo / reed saxon, file)
According to the DHS, in December 2024, the citizenship and immigration services of the United States had referred to the ice that Chávez was a “flagrant threat of public security”, but Chavez was authorized to return to the country on January 4, 2025 after the files indicated that former President Joe Biden had not given him the priority of the application of immigration.
Subsequently, the Biden administration allowed Chavez to return to the country and released it to the country of the port of entrance to San Ysidro, by DHS.
