Overview

• ICE agents arrested Chávez Jr. on July 3 in Los Angeles under a fast-track removal order after determining he overstayed his visa and submitted fraudulent documentation
• On July 11 Mexico’s Fiscalía General de la República dismissed five to six amparos filed by his defense for lack of jurisdiction
• His next deportation hearing is set for August 21, and he remains held in federal custody pending removal proceedings
• The Department of Homeland Security has labeled him a serious public safety threat, citing alleged Sinaloa Cartel links through his wife’s past ties to the Guzmán family
• President Sheinbaum and Mexican prosecutors are coordinating his transfer to face a 2023 warrant for organized crime and arms trafficking, and his father has publicly distanced himself from the legal appeals