{"id":357362,"date":"2025-08-19T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357362\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:57:10","slug":"mexican-boxer-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-deported-from-us-authorities-us-mexico-border-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357362\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr deported from US: Authorities | US-Mexico Border News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez is deported by the US, facing charges of arms trafficking and organised crime in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Former champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been detained in Mexico after being deported by the United States to face drug trafficking-related charges, Mexican authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez, the son of legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was handed over at midday on Monday and transferred to a prison in Mexico\u2019s northwest Sonora state, according to information published Tuesday on the country\u2019s National Detention Registry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was deported,\u201d President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters, adding that there was an arrest warrant for him in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>She previously said there was a warrant for his arrest for charges of arms trafficking and organised crime, and that prosecutors were working on the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican attorney general\u2019s office declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez Jr, the son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez, was detained by US immigration authorities shortly after losing in a sold-out match to American influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3897791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2012-09-16T120000Z_1330889637_GM1E89G124W01_RTRMADP_3_BOXING-1755621833.jpg\" alt=\"Retired boxer Julio Cesar Chavez urges on his son Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as he fights against Sergio Martinez during their title fight at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada September 15, 2012. REUTERS\/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BOXING)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Retired boxer Julio Cesar Chavez urges on his son Julio as he fights against Sergio Martinez during their title bout at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the US, September 15, 2012 [Steve Marcus\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<p>Mexican prosecutors allege he acted as a henchman for the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, which Washington designated a \u201cforeign terrorist organisation\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez\u00a0Jr\u2019s lawyer and family have rejected the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s national registry showed that the boxer was arrested at a checkpoint in the Mexican border city of Nogales at 11:53am (18:53 GMT) and transferred to a federal institution in Sonora\u2019s capital of Hermosillo. Chavez Jr was wearing a black hoodie and red sneakers, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez Jr won the World Boxing Council middleweight championship in 2011, but lost the title the following year.<\/p>\n<p>His career has been overshadowed by controversies, including a suspension after testing positive for a banned substance in 2009, and a fine and suspension after testing positive for cannabis in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez is deported by the US, facing charges&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,188,3274,2132,12,79,16,15,49,286,86794,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-357362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-latin-america","11":"tag-mexico","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-us-canada","18":"tag-us-mexico-border","19":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115056728070149311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}