Julio César Chávez defends after immigration arrest

Former boxing star Julio César Chávez defends his son on Monday He was arrested Last week, U.S. immigration officials were at his home in Los Angeles.

Jr. Julio César Chávez Accused of overdue visa and lying on a green card application. In addition, he was arrested in Mexico for alleged weapons and drug trafficking and possible relationship with the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Elder Chavez tells the Mexican media about his son.

“It’s complicated, there’s a lot of conversation, but we’re calm because we know the innocence of my son,” he told the El Heraldo newspaper. “My son will be anything you want, but he’s not a criminal, but everything he’s accused of.”

Mexico Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said on Sunday that the investigation into young boxers began in 2019, following a complaint filed by Sinaloa Cartel, a U.S. for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking.

Mexican president expects boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. I want to be deported, I hope he will serve his sentence in his motherland

Gertz Manero said Chávez Jr.

“He knew a lot of people, we live in Culiacan, and it’s impossible not to know all the people who are doing illegal things, but that doesn’t mean anything,” said Chávez Sr. “In my time, I met everyone, and they didn’t follow me.”

He vowed that if his son was transferred to Mexico, his son would fight the charger.

Chávez Jr. was arrested after losing a few days Jack Paul in boxing match.

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Elder Chavez added: “Why did they let him fight? My son has been paying taxes in the United States for three years and now in Mexico, they accuse him of laundering money.” “Yes, he knows those people, but that doesn’t mean I’m a drug trafficker. Let’s believe in the law.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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