Overview

• ICE agents arrested Chávez Jr. outside his Studio City home on July 2 for overstaying his B2 visa and initiated expedited removal proceedings.
• His attorney reports that his location within the Department of Homeland Security’s custody system is unknown and he missed a scheduled July 7 court appearance.
• The Los Angeles Superior Court rescheduled his pretrial diversion hearing for August 21 due to his absence and unclear custody status.
• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero have called for his deportation to face charges related to alleged Sinaloa cartel involvement.
• Julio César Chávez Sr. has publicly defended his son’s innocence and the boxer’s injunction requests in Mexican courts have been rejected.