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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr was a cartel henchman, Mexican prosecutors claim

man in green sweatshirt sits in front of microphone and looks ahead
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr looks on during a press conference ahead of his fight on 26 June in Anaheim, California. Photograph: Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images

The Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr was a henchman for the Sinaloa drugs cartel and used his skills to pummel rival gang members “like a punchbag” before his recent arrest in the US, prosecutors in Mexico have alleged.

Chávez, 39, son of legendary world boxing champion Julio César Chávez Sr and himself a former middleweight titleholder, was arrested in California on Tuesday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents, who cited cartel affiliations, multiple criminal convictions and an active arrest warrant in Mexico for weapons trafficking and organized crime.

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