Mexican Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr arrested for ice days after fighting Jake Paul
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The famous Mexican boxer and illegal criminal immigrant Julio César Chavez Jr. was arrested for immigration and customs application (ICE) on Wednesday, only four days after fighting Jake Paul at the Honda center in Anaheim, California.
The National Security Department (DHS) announced the arrest on Thursday, annotation Chávez was being prosecuted for “accelerated elimination from the United States.”
Chávez was arrested in Los Angeles in January 2024 and then convicted of possession of an assault weapon, and to manufacture or import a short cannon rifle, according to the statement. He had a previous criminal conviction of the United States for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2012.
It also has an active arrest warrant for its alleged participation in the Sinaloa cartel.–Traffic of firearms, ammunition and explosives, according to DHS officials.
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Julio César Chávez Jr. enters the right before fighting Jake Paul in the Honda Center on June 28, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn images)
Jake Paul is now eligible for the championship fight when he officially enters the Cruising Weight Classifications of the AMB
While Chávez legally entered the United States in August 2023 with a B2 tourist visa, expired in February 2024.
In April 2024, he submitted a request for legal status of permanent resident.
However, his request was based on his marriage to an American citizen, who is connected to the Sinaloa cartel through a previous relationship with The now deceased son of the infamous leader of the Joaquín poster “El Chapo” Guzmán, according to the statement.
In December 2024, American citizenship and immigration services made an ice derivation that Chavez considered “an atrocious threat of public security.”
“However, an entry into a system of application of the DHS law under the Biden administration indicated that Chavez was not a priority of immigration application,” DHS wrote.
DHS said that Chávez returned to the country in January through the San Ysidro entrance port. But, after “multiple fraudulent statements about your request to become a legal permanent resident”, he It was considered that it was in the country illegally and removable on June 27.
The boxer Jake Paul fights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center on June 28, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn images)
“It is surprising that the previous administration marked this illegal criminal foreigner as a threat of public security, but chose not to prioritize its removal and let it go and return to our country,” Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote In a statement. “Under President Trump, no one is above the law, including world -fame athletes.”
“Our message to any poster affiliate in the US. UU. It is clear: we will find it and face consequences,” McLaughlin added. “The days of the violence of the un controlled poster have ended.”
Julio César Chávez Jr. Fight Jake Paul in the Honda Center. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn images)
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Chávez’s fight against Paul ended in defeat, and the judges gave the YouTuber converted a unanimous victory after 10 rounds.
Chávez was a former medium weight champion of the WBC and son of the boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, who had five different world titles in four different classes. Paul’s victory on Saturday turned out to be classified for the first time, reaching the number 14 in the Cruising weight ranking of the AMB.
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Scott Thompson is a sports writer of News Digital.