Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. misplaced his boxing match in opposition to Jake Paul final weekend in Anaheim, and now the previous WBC middleweight champion will lose his proper to reside in the USA, due to excellent warrants (and allegations of organized crime) in Mexico.
Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) introduced the arrest on social media.
“This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate with an energetic arrest warrant for trafficking weapons, ammunition, and explosives was arrested by ICE,” stated Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “It’s surprising the earlier administration flagged this prison unlawful alien as a public security risk, however selected to not prioritize his removing and let him depart and COME BACK into our nation.”
Trump lately designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Overseas Terrorist Group.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, colloquially often known as ICE, was created to “defend America by prison investigations and imposing immigration legal guidelines to protect nationwide safety and public security,” per the web site’s mission assertion.
“Underneath President Trump, nobody is above the legislation — together with world-famous athletes,” McLaughlin continued. “Our message to any cartel associates within the U.S. is evident: We’ll discover you and you’ll face penalties. The times of unchecked cartel violence are over.”
Right here’s the present rap sheet for Chavez Jr., instantly from Homeland Safety:
On January 22, 2012, California Freeway Patrol arrested Chavez and charged him with DUI alcohol/medication and Driving With out a License. On June 23, 2012, the Superior Courtroom of California, County of Los Angeles, convicted Chavez for the offense of driving drunk and sentenced him to 13 days in jail and 36 months’ probation.
On January 14, 2023, a District Decide issued an arrest warrant for Chavez, for the offense of organized crime for the aim of committing crimes of weapons trafficking and manufacturing crimes, within the modality of those that take part in clandestinely bringing weapons, ammunition, cartridges, explosives into the nation; and those that manufacture weapons, ammunition, cartridges, and explosives with out the corresponding allow.
On January 7, 2024, the Los Angeles Police Division arrested Chavez and charged him with Unlawful Possession of Any Assault Weapon and Manufacture or Import Brief Barreled Rifle. The courtroom convicted Chavez of those fees.
The DHS report claims the Biden administration didn’t view Chavez Jr. as an “immigration enforcement precedence.”
Previous to his Paul loss, Chavez Jr. — son of legendary Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez — captured a unanimous determination victory over former UFC middleweight Uriah Corridor at Paul’s “Concern No Man” pay-per-view (PPV) occasion again in summer season 2024.
Chavez Jr., now 39, stands at 54-7-1, 1 NC with 34 knockouts.
