Overview

• Ice agents arrested Julio César Chávez Jr. in Los Angeles on July 2 for overstaying his B2 visa and alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
• Mexico’s attorney general said on July 7 that a court dismissed the boxer’s five to six injunctions aimed at preventing his arrest if he is deported.
• U.S. authorities have initiated expedited removal proceedings and scheduled an upcoming immigration hearing to decide his fate.
• Chávez Jr. faces a 2023 Mexican arrest warrant accusing him of organized crime and arms trafficking based on wiretapped calls.
• His defense team and family assert his innocence and plan to challenge the cartel-affiliation allegations in U.S. and Mexican courts.