The Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr.son of the legend of Mexican struggle Julio César Chávezit seems to have touched back on a definitive way, after being arrested by the United States government.
Definitively because the history of 'Julito' with controversies below the quadrilatiero overcome their sports performance by broad margin.
Unlike the past that has had problems with the authorities, the detention of this Thursday seems the most serious because the administration of Donald Trump, US president, He accused him of having links with the Sinaloa cartel.
The United States is in the process of deporting Chávez Jr., who legally entered the US in August 2023 with a tourist visa in force until February 2024.
Two months after the end of his visa, Chávez Jr. requested permanent residence in the country, based on be married to an American citizen linked to the Sinaloa cartel for having had a Previous love relationship with the son, already deceased, of the well -known leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán.
Julio César Chávez Jr.'s boxer arrested for their links with the Chapo Guzmán Sinaloa Cartel
Although in December 2024 he was declared “A serious threat to public security” From the North American country, in the end they determined that their case was not a priority and was not arrested at that time.
However, after “Multiple fraudulent statements“In your application to become a legal permanent resident, it was determined that He was in the country illegally and a process was initiated with which he will be deported to Mexico in the next few hours.
The family trusts the innocence of Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr.
The Julio César Chávez Jr. family spread through the X -X account of Julio César Chávez, legend of pugilism, a statement of confidence in the innocence of former world champion of the medium weight, arrested in the United States.
“Our family is deeply dismayed by the current situation. In these difficult times, we reiterate our total and unconditional support to Julio. We fully trust his innocence and in his human quality,” said the family.
“We trust the justice of Mexico and the United States in whom we deposit our hope so that this situation is clarified according to law and the truth,” added the Chávez family.
Other problems with the justice of Julio César Chávez Jr.
But this is only one of the long list of controversies of Chávez Jr., ex -champion of the world of medium weight, which had a career that was more to less.
Julio César Chávez Jr.'s boxer arrested for their links with the Chapo Guzmán Sinaloa Cartel
It is not the first time that he has problems with the United States authorities, in 2012 he was declared guilty for driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced to 13 days in prison and 36 months of probation.
In 2023, a district judge issued an arrest warrant against Chávez Jr. “for the crime of organized crime with the purpose of committing crimes of arms trafficking and manufacturing crimes.”
The problems in the ring of Julio César Chávez Jr., addicted to drugs and alcohol
Chávez Jr. also has a history for his lack of professionalism in the ring.
The only thing I regret in my life was to have an addiction, to have missed; It's the only thing that gives me courage, everything else does not
He debuted as a professional in September 2003 and June 2011 obtained his only world title, that of the World Boxing Council, which defended three times. In September 2012 he lost him to the Argentine Sergio 'Maravilla' Martínez and the son of the legend began to go into decline.
In 2013, the Nevada Athletic Commission sanctioned it with 900,000 dollars and nine months without being able to box for positively to an anti -doping control due to the use of marijuana.
The Drug addiction and alcohol They have been one of the main causes of their problems below the reasons.
“The only thing I regret in my life was to have an addiction, to have missed; it is the only thing that gives me courage, everything else does not want to be well, do things to enjoy, but you cannot be happy all the time,” he said in an interview with EFE in November 2020.
In 2015 he did not give the weight for a fight against Marcos Reyes, in 2017 he was the victim of a robbery by two women with whom he went to party after losing to Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez, in 2019 he left a fight in the fifth assault against Daniel Jacobs, for an alleged nose injury; And in June 2021 he lost to the Brazilian Anderson Silva, a former UFC ex -monitor without experience in pugilism.
Just last Saturday, the 'YouTuber' Jake Paul, with just 13 experiences of experience in professional boxing, defeated him.
The tense relationship of Julio César Chávez Jr. with his famous father
Together with his lack of discipline and professionalism in his career, Chávez Jr. has controversies on social networks against his father and wife, whom he has accused of wanting to harm him in videos published in his official accounts.
Julio César Chávez Jr.'s boxer arrested for their links with the Chapo Guzmán Sinaloa Cartel
His father, who also had drug addiction problems, has tried to help him internally in his clinics to which people come to rehabilitate, but it has not been enough for 'Julito' to recover his life.
Now he faces his most serious “extracangcha” problem and once the United States sports it to Mexico, it could be stopped by the country's authorities that reported that it has an arrest warrant since March 2023.
“Julio 'C', who has an arrest warrant in Mexico, since March 2023, for organized crime and arms trafficking, he was arrested this day by the US authorities, in the city of Los Angeles, California,” the Mexican Attorney General's Office revealed in a press release.
