In Mexico, the Attorney General’s Office is seeking professional boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. for organised crime.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., who is identified as affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel and has an outstanding arrest warrant in Mexico for his alleged involvement in crimes related to arms, ammunition, and explosives trafficking.

According to an official DHS statement, Chávez Jr. was arrested on July 2 in Studio City, California, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, who are now processing his expedited deportation.

U.S. authorities indicated that the boxer legally entered the country in August 2023 with a B2 tourist visa, valid until February 2024, but subsequently violated immigration terms by falsifying information in his permanent residence application.

According to the report, Chávez Jr. attempted to regularize his immigration status on April 2, 2024, based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen. However, internal USCIS records revealed that the citizen had a relationship with a deceased son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, reinforcing suspicions about his ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, an organization that former President Donald J. Trump designated as a foreign terrorist group at the beginning of his administration.

For its part, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported that the United States government formally notified it of Chávez’s arrest and has initiated the corresponding procedure for his extradition to Mexico.

“Julio ‘C,’ who has had an arrest warrant issued for him in Mexico since March 2023 for organised crime and arms trafficking, was arrested today by U.S. authorities in Los Angeles, California,” the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) stated.