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Former boxing star Julio César Chávez defended his son on Monday following his arrest by US immigration officials outside his home in Los Angeles last week.
Julio César Chávez Jr. was accused of having exceeded his visa and lying on a green card request. In addition, he has an active mandate for his arrest in Mexico for alleged trafficking in arms and drugs and possible links with the Sinaloa cartel.
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. poses with his belt with his father Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., on the right, after beating Sebastian Zbik in their WBC World Middleweight title match in Los Angeles on June 4, 2011. (AP photo / Richard Vogel, file)
The elder Chávez spoke to the Mexican media of his son.
“It’s complicated, there are a lot of discussions, but we are calm because we know the innocence of my son,” he told the newspaper El Heraldo. “My son will be whatever you want, anything, but it’s not a criminal and less everything he is accused of.”
An investigation into the young boxer began in 2019 after a complaint filed by the United States against the Sinaloa cartel for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking, the attorney general of Mexico said on Sunday, Alejandro Gertz Manero.
The president of Mexico expects the boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to be expelled, hopes that he is serving the country of origin
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. speaks with his father, the legendary Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, during a press conference to promote his medium weight championship match with Sergio Martinez, from Argentina, Los Angeles, July 10, 2012. (AP photo / reed saxon, file)
Chávez Jr. lawyers asked at least five injunctions in Mexico, but they were all rejected because the boxer was in the United States, Gertz Manero said.
“He knows many people, we live in Culiacan, it would be impossible not to know all the people who do illicit things, but that does not mean anything,” said Chávez Sr. “During my time, I met everyone, and they did not come after me.”
He swore that his son would fight the charge if his transfer to Mexico.
Chávez Jr. was arrested a few days after losing Jake Paul in a boxing match.
Jake Paul moves down against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center. (Images Vasquez-Imagn)
“Why did they let him fight? My son has been paying taxes in the United States for three years, and now in Mexico, they accused him of money laundering,” added the elder Chávez. “Yes, he knows these people, but that does not mean that I am a drug dealer. Confusion the law.”
