MEXICO CITY — As an expert, Julio Cesar Chavez fought 115 occasions within the ring. Now, the previous world champion stated he was able to combat exterior of it to defend his same-name son, who was arrested by U.S. immigration brokers at his Los Angeles dwelling for overstaying his visa and mendacity on a inexperienced card utility.
The 39-year-old Chavez Jr. additionally has an lively warrant for his arrest in Mexico for alleged arms and drug trafficking and instructed ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Alejandro Gertz Manero, Mexico’s Legal professional Common, stated on Sunday that the investigation in opposition to Chavez Jr. began in 2019 after a grievance filed by U.S. authorities in opposition to the Sinaloa Cartel for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking.
“He knows a lot of people, we live in, it would be impossible not to know all of the people that are doing illicit stuff, but that does not mean nothing,” Chavez stated. “In my time, I met everybody, and they did not come after me.”
Chavez Sr. was thought-about the most effective Mexican boxers of all time: a world champion in three divisions. Within the Nineteen Eighties and ’90s, he was an enormous superstar who related to drug sellers. He claimed up to now to have been associates with drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
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Gertz Manero stated the attorneys representing Chavez Jr. have requested at the least 5 injunctions in Mexico, which have been rejected as a result of the boxer continues to be in america.
“Lawyers in the United States are working to see if he stays there, and we’re prepared if he comes here,” Chavez Sr. stated. “We’ll fight under Mexican law if he’s transferred here.”
The son’s arrest got here solely days after the previous middleweight champion misplaced to influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a bout in Anaheim, California.
The Division of Homeland Safety stated officers decided Chavez Jr. needs to be arrested on June 27, the day earlier than the combat. It was unclear why they waited to behave for days after the high-profile occasion.
“Why did they let him fight? My son has been paying taxes in the United States for three years, and now in Mexico they’re accusing him of money laundering,” Chavez Sr. stated. “Yes, he knows those people, but that doesn’t mean I’m a drug trafficker. Let’s trust the law.”
