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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials person arrested Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. implicit alleged cartel ties, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. He is "being processed for expedited removal from the United States," DHS said connected societal media.
He was arrested Wednesday successful Studio City, California, the section said. Chávez, who recently mislaid a match to influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul, is simply a Mexican national and a erstwhile WBC middleweight satellite champion.
Chávez has an progressive apprehension warrant successful Mexico for his alleged engagement successful organized transgression and trafficking firearms, ammunition and explosives, DHS said successful a quality release. Chávez
is besides allegedly believed to beryllium an affiliate of the Sinaloa cartel, which the Trump medication designated a overseas panic enactment successful January, DHS said.
On June 27, authorities determined that Chávez had made fraudulent statements connected a lawful imperishable nonmigratory application, and was successful the state illegally and could beryllium removed. His apprehension comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown connected immigration, including a suit against Los Angeles' "sanctuary city" policies.
An undated photograph of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Department of Homeland Security
Chávez legally entered the U.S. with a tourer visa successful August 2023. That visa expired successful February 2024, DHS said. In April 2024, helium filed an exertion for lawful imperishable nonmigratory presumption based connected his matrimony to a U.S. citizen. That citizen, who was not named, besides has a transportation to the Sinaloa cartel, DHS said.
On Dec. 17, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told ICE that Chávez is an "egregious nationalist information threat." Internal records from the Biden medication showed that Chávez was not an migration enforcement priority, DHS said. On Jan. 4, Chávez was allowed to reenter the state done the San Ysidro larboard of introduction connected the Mexico border, DHS said.
Chávez has faced ineligible occupation successful the U.S. successful the past. In January 2012, helium was arrested by the California Highway Patrol and charged with driving nether the power of intoxicant and driving without a license, DHS said. He was convicted connected the archetypal complaint and sentenced to 13 days successful jailhouse and 3 years' probation.
In January 2023, an apprehension warrant was issued for Chávez, alleging his engagement successful organized crime. In January 2024, helium was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and charged with amerciable possession of immoderate battle limb and manufacture oregon import of a short-barreled rifle, DHS said. ESPN reported in January 2024 that helium unlawfully possessed 2 AR-style guns without serial numbers. Chávez was convicted and spent respective days successful jail, ESPN reported, earlier being released connected a $50,000 enslaved connected the information helium participate a residential attraction program.
Chávez's attorney, Michael Goldstein, told The Associated Press that the existent allegations "are outrageous and simply different header to terrorize the community." Goldstein besides told The AP they were owed successful tribunal connected Monday related to the 2024 weapon possession charges.
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Kerry Breen is simply a quality exertion astatine CBSNews.com. A postgraduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she antecedently worked astatine NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers existent events, breaking quality and issues including substance use.
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