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In Sinaloa’s capital, news of a boxing scion’s arrest and allegations of cartel ties cause unease
- Julio César Chávez Jr. was arrested by U.S. immigration agents for overstaying his visa and lying on his green card application, according to U.S. authorities.
- There is an active warrant for Chávez Jr.'s arrest in Mexico for alleged arms and drug trafficking linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.
- Óscar Arrieta, a sports reporter, expressed that Chávez Jr.'s arrest had a significant impact in Culiacán due to the serious allegations from U.S. authorities.
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In Sinaloa's capital, news of a boxing scion's arrest and allegations of cartel ties cause unease
The arrest of Julio César Chávez Jr., son of Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez, for overstaying his visa in the U.S. and lying on a green card application shook Sinaloa state's capital.
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr appeared related as a member of the Sinaloa cartel after the Culiacanazo in 2019, when Ovidio Guzmán, El Ratón, was arrested and released by federal authorities for the violent actions that members of that criminal organization launched in Culiacán, federal authorities said.
Julio César Chávez Jr., arrested on Wednesday by the U.S. government and accused of having links with the Sinaloa Cartel, appears in the same arrest warrant together with Ovidio Guzmán López ‘El Ratón’ and Isidro Pérez Salas ‘El Nini’, former head of hitmen of Los Chapitos. This is demonstrated by the document, obtained by means of Pie de Nota, of the arrest warrant issued in Hermosillo, Sonora, on January 14, 2023, in which there are also 13 ot…
Julio César Chávez Jr., former world boxing champion and son of the Mexican legend of pugilism, has been linked by the Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR) of Mexico with criminal activities of the Sinaloa Cartel. According to the newspaper Reforma based on official documents, the boxer, currently detained in the United States, would have served as "punisher" of cartel members under the orders of Néstor Ernesto Pérez Salas, alias the …
The boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. is in the same research kit where Néstor Isidro Pérez “El Nini” is investigated for organized crime, Ovidio Guzmán and Joaquín Guzmán López, the last two children of “El Chapo”. According to the media “Pie de Nota”, who shared a document in his X account, Chávez Jr., arrested in the United States, would be investigated together with the leaders of the Los Chapitos faction, at least in Mexico. Last Thursday the U.…
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