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Mexican Court Rejects Chávez Jr.’s Requests to Block Arrest Upon Deportation

He remains detained by ICE under expedited removal pending an immigration hearing challenging Mexico’s organized crime charges.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., whose sports career is on the decline at the age of 39, is alleged to have ties to the Sinaloa cartel

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.