DRAMATIC footage has captured the moment boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was arrested by ICE for his alleged involvement in organized crime.
It came just days after the former middleweight world champion was beaten by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in California.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was arrested by ICE for his alleged involvement in organized crimeX @MattSeedorff DHS.govThe boxer faces deportation back to Mexico[/caption] GettyIt came just days after losing to Jake Paul[/caption]Chavez Jr – son of the legendary Julio Cesar Sr – was arrested in Los Angeles and faces deportation back to Mexico.
Police cam footage has emerged of the 39-year-old being arrested by ICE agents – put in cuffs and chained up.
US officials say he is affiliated with the notorious Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel – helping with “trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives”.
Homeland Security posted his mugshot and wrote: “On July 2, ICE arrested Mexican boxer and criminal illegal alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
“He is now being processed for expedited removal from the United States.
“This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunitions and explosives.
“Under President Trump, NO ONE is above the law—including world-famous athletes.
“Our message to any cartel affiliates in the U.S. is clear: We will find you and you will face consequences.
“The days of unchecked cartel violence are over.”
President Donald Trump designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a terrorist organization on his first day back in office in January.
Chavez Jr’s wife Frida Munoz was previously married to the son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
El Chapo is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison and his son Edgar was assassinated in 2008.
Describing Chavez Jr’s alleged connection, the statement says he applied for US permanent residency last year due to his marriage to a US citizen “who is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel through a prior relationship with the now-deceased son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman”.
In January 2024, Chavez Jr was arrested in LA and later convicted for illegal possession of an assault weapon.
A year earlier, a local judge issued an arrest warrant against him for allegedly trafficking weapons for a criminal organisation.
He also allegedly made multiple fraudulent statements to US immigration authorities in attempts to gain permanent residency and over-stayed a tourist visa that expired last February.
A lawyer for Chavez Jr called his arrest “nothing more than another headline to terrorise the Latin community”.
Lawyer Michael Goldstein told NBC,: “This is the first we’ve ever heard of these outrageous allegations.”
Chavez Jr won the WBC title in 2011 and made three defenses of the belt but his later career has been plagued with scandals and a lack of discipline.
His record is now 54-7-1 after losing over ten rounds to Paul in Anaheim.
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