Simply days after his boxing match in opposition to Jake Paul ended, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers and he’s set for deportation from america.
The Division of Homeland Safety(DHS) announced the news Thursday after Chavez was detained.
Chavez is a Mexican citizen with the federal government claiming he has an “lively arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives.” Within the press launch concerning Chavez’s arrest, DHS acknowledged that the boxer is “believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel, a chosen International Terrorist Group.”
He was arrested on July 2 in California.
On July 2, ICE arrested Mexican boxer and legal unlawful alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
He’s now being processed for expedited removing from america. This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate has an lively arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and… pic.twitter.com/c4QeRVpCEr
— Homeland Safety (@DHSgov) July 3, 2025
DHS acknowledged that Chavez filed for everlasting resident standing again in April 2024 and his utility was primarily based “on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who’s linked to the Sinaloa Cartel by means of a previous relationship with the now-deceased son of the notorious cartel chief Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.” In December 2025, DHS claims that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies “made a referral to ICE that Chavez is an egregious public security risk” however the earlier administration below President Joe Biden stated that the boxer “was not an immigration enforcement precedence.”
In January 2025, Chavez was allowed to re-enter america however now ICE has arrested him “following a number of fraudulent statements on his utility to turn out to be a Lawful Everlasting Resident, he was decided to be within the nation illegally and detachable on June 27, 2025.”
He’s presently being expedited for removing from the U.S.
“This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate with an lively arrest warrant for trafficking weapons, ammunition, and explosives was arrested by ICE,” DHS assistant aecretary Tricia McLaughlin It’s surprising the earlier administration flagged this legal unlawful alien as a public security risk, however selected to not prioritize his removing and let him go away and COME BACK into our nation.
“Below President [Donald] Trump, nobody is above the regulation—together with world-famous athletes. Our message to any cartel associates within the U.S. is evident: We are going to discover you and you’ll face penalties. The times of unchecked cartel violence are over.”
Previous to his arrest, Chavez suffered a unanimous choice loss to Paul this previous Saturday in Anaheim. He stays in custody pending his deportation to Mexico.
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Video of Chavez’s arrest was obtained by reporter Matthew Seedorff.
NEW; By way of federal sources, I’ve obtained video of ICE arresting Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Wednesday in Studio Metropolis, CA. The boxer is accused of being affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel. pic.twitter.com/FpD0v4aTta
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) July 3, 2025
