Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. is in a Mexican prison after being deported from the United States. Chávez was arrested in the U.S. last month and accused of cartel involvement.

Chávez was admitted to a prison in the northern state of Sonora, an official told The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity. Chávez, 39, had a warrant for his arrest in Mexico for alleged arms and drug trafficking, and ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexico attorney general Alejandro Gertz Manero previously revealed the investigation into Chávez started in 2019.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Chávez's deportation during a news conference earlier on Tuesday.

"I understand he was deported," Sheinbaum told reporters. "I don't know if it was yesterday or this morning. But they told us he wi

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