
Sheinbaum hopes Chávez Jr. does time in Mexico
created: July 5, 2025, 11:49 a.m. | updated: July 5, 2025, 4:10 p.m.
Brian Custer details the latest on boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., who has been arrested by ICE for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges.
(0:26)MEXICO CITY -- Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico hadn't previously arrested boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. on a 2023 arrest order because he had mostly been in the United States.
Sheinbaum spoke a day after U.S. authorities announced the boxer's arrest in California for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.
"The hope is that he will be deported and serve the sentence in Mexico," Sheinbaum said during her daily news briefing Friday, referring to charges that he faces for arms and drug trafficking.
U.S. officials said Chávez is believed to have ties to the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, which is blamed for a significant portion of Mexico's drug violence.
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