Mexican boxer Chavez Jnr deported from US over alleged cartel ties
The fighter, linked to the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested in July after losing a match to US influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul
Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr has entered a prison in the northern Mexico state of Sonora after his arrest in the United States in July, Mexico’s national arrest registry showed on Tuesday.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in her daily press conference, said the 39-year-old had been deported.
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.
The Mexican attorney general’s office declined to comment.
The boxer’s extradition comes as US President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants as part of a promise to deport millions of people.
Mexican prosecutors allege he acted as a henchman for the powerful Sinaloa cartel, which Washington designated a foreign terrorist organisation earlier this year.