Julio César Chávez Jr was a cartel henchman, Mexican prosecutors allege
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#6YFE4)
Prosecutors claim Chavez treated gang rivals like a punchbag' before Ice arrested Mexican boxer in California
The Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez 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.
Chavez, 39, son of legendary world boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez 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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