MEXICO CITY – Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has entered a jail within the northern Mexico state of Sonora after his arrest in the USA in July, Mexico’s nationwide arrest registry confirmed on Tuesday.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in her each day press convention stated the 39-year-old been deported. She beforehand stated there was a warrant for his arrest for prices of arms trafficking and arranged crime, and that prosecutors have been engaged on the case.
The Mexican legal professional normal’s workplace declined to remark.
Chavez Jr, the son of a legendary former world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities shortly after losing in a sold-out match to American influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
Mexican prosecutors allege he acted as a henchman for the highly effective Sinaloa Cartel, which Washington designated a overseas terrorist group earlier this 12 months.
Chavez Jr’s lawyer and household have rejected the accusations.
Mexico’s nationwide arrest registry confirmed that the boxer was arrested at a checkpoint within the Mexican border metropolis of Nogales at 11:53 a.m. native time, and transferred to a federal establishment in Sonora’s capital of Hermosillo. Chavez Jr was sporting a black hoodie and pink sneakers, it stated.
Chavez Jr gained the WBC middleweight championship in 2011, however misplaced the title the next 12 months.
His profession has been overshadowed by controversies together with a suspension after testing constructive for a banned substance in 2009, and a effective and suspension after testing constructive for marijuana in 2013.
—Reuters
