Son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez is deported by the US, going through costs of arms trafficking and organised crime in Mexico.
Former champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been detained in Mexico after being deported by the USA to face drug trafficking-related costs, Mexican authorities mentioned.
Chavez, the son of legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was handed over at noon on Monday and transferred to a jail in Mexico’s northwest Sonora state, based on data revealed Tuesday on the nation’s Nationwide Detention Registry.
“He was deported,” President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed reporters, including that there was an arrest warrant for him in Mexico.
She beforehand mentioned there was a warrant for his arrest for costs of arms trafficking and organised crime, and that prosecutors have been engaged on the case.
The Mexican legal professional common’s workplace declined to remark.
Chavez Jr, the son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez, was detained by US immigration authorities shortly after dropping 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 “international terrorist organisation” earlier this yr.
Chavez Jr’s lawyer and household have rejected the accusations.
Mexico’s nationwide registry confirmed that the boxer was arrested at a checkpoint within the Mexican border metropolis of Nogales at 11:53am (18:53 GMT) and transferred to a federal establishment in Sonora’s capital of Hermosillo. Chavez Jr was sporting a black hoodie and purple sneakers, it mentioned.
Chavez Jr received the World Boxing Council middleweight championship in 2011, however misplaced the title the next yr.
His profession has been overshadowed by controversies, together with a suspension after testing constructive for a banned substance in 2009, and a high-quality and suspension after testing constructive for hashish in 2013.
