Overview
- ICE detained Chávez Jr. on July 2 at his Studio City home for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.
- His attorney, Michael Goldstein, says he has no information on Chávez Jr.’s current whereabouts amid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
- Expedited removal proceedings have been initiated and Chávez Jr. is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles court on August 21.
- Mexico has an active warrant charging the boxer with arms and drug trafficking in connection to alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum and Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero have called for his deportation so he can face charges in Mexico, underscoring bilateral enforcement tensions.