Sheinbaum was unaware that Julio César Chávez Jr. had an arrest warrant in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY (apro).- If Julio César Chávez Jr. had not had an arrest warrant in Mexico, the government would have acted differently in asking the United States why he was detained, said President Claudia Sheinbaum, who confirmed that deportation is expected so that he can serve his sentence in Mexico for ties to organized crime.

"I asked whether he had an arrest warrant or not. If he didn't have one, then obviously our approach would have been different, to immediately ask why they were detaining him there, but once the prosecutor's office tells us 'there's an arrest warrant in Mexico,' there are very clear protocols in place, and the prosecutor's office then takes action," he stated this morning.

The federal leader said she had no prior knowledge of the arrest warrant in Mexico for the son of boxer Julio César Chávez, who has been invited by the government to events such as the national boxing class, specifically to promote the sport's role in combating drug use and youth involvement in criminal activities.

“No, I personally wasn't aware of it. Yesterday, when the news broke, we contacted the prosecutor's office, and the prosecutor told me, 'Yes, there's an arrest warrant in Mexico.' The investigation file was even opened in 2019, and a judge issued an arrest warrant that lasted until 2023,” Sheinbaum said.

The president said the reason JC Chávez Jr. wasn't arrested in Mexico was because the boxer lived in the United States most of the time.

"In part, the arrest is related to this outstanding arrest warrant in Mexico, and it's expected that he could be deported and serve his sentence in Mexico. The Attorney General's Office is working on that process for arms and drug trafficking, which are linked to organized crime," he stated.

Regarding the action the Mexican government could have taken in response to the arrest, he stated that "obviously, any person, any Mexican man or woman, is always given consular support, whether or not they have an arrest warrant, but once there is an arrest warrant, the protocols are specific, directly with the Attorney General's Office, and immigration provides support in all that is required."

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of Julio César Chávez Jr. Carrasco, accused by the U.S. government of having ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.

It was the same U.S. agency that revealed that the Mexican boxer had an outstanding arrest warrant in Mexico, information that was confirmed by the Attorney General's Office.

In January 2023, an arrest warrant was issued against him for organized crime and arms trafficking, and in January of the following year, the Los Angeles Police Department charged him with illegal possession of weapons and manufacturing or importing a short-barreled rifle.