Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, federal officials said.
Here's a look at the high and lows of the career of the boxing legend’s son.
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FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., center, of Mexico poses with his belt along with his father Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr., right, and referee Jack Reiss after defeating Sebastian Zbik of Germany after their WBC World Middleweight title boxing match, in Los Angeles, June 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, of Mexico, talks with his father, legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, left, at a news conference to promote his upcoming middleweight championship boxing match with Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, in Los Angeles, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FILE - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. top, celebates with his team after defeating with U.S. Jose Celaya during their Continental Americas super welterweight title fight of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in Leon, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Mario Armas, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez, left, of Mexico kisses his son, Julio Jr., during a weigh-in at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, May 27, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
FILE - Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, has his hand taped by trainer Freddie Roach before a media workout in Los Angeles, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., center, of Mexico poses with his belt along with his father Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr., right, and referee Jack Reiss after defeating Sebastian Zbik of Germany after their WBC World Middleweight title boxing match, in Los Angeles, June 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
FILE - Sebastian Zbik of Germany connects with Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. of Mexico during their WBC World Middleweight title boxing match, in Los Angeles, June 4, 2011. Chavez, Jr. won by majority decision. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
FILE - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. takes part in a press conference in Mexico City,Feb. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
FILE - Canelo Alvarez, of Mexico, right, celebrates after defeating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., of Mexico, in a catch weight boxing match in Las Vegas, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, of Mexico, talks with his father, legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, left, at a news conference to promote his upcoming middleweight championship boxing match with Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, in Los Angeles, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, lands a punch against Sergio Martinez during the WBC middleweight title fight, in Las Vegas, Sept. 15, 2012. Martinez won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. enters the ring before fighting Sergio Martinez for the WBC middleweight title fight, in Las Vegas, Sept. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. attends a news conference in Las Vegas, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Canelo Alvarez, right, of Mexico, hits Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., of Mexico, during their catch weight boxing match, in Las Vegas, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. poses for photographers during a weigh-in, in Las Vegas, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, throws a punch at Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
FILE - Jake Paul, front left, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., front right, pose for photographers following a ceremonial weigh-in ahead of their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Boxers Cesar Chavez Jr,, left, smiles towards his father Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico's former world champion, during a boxing news conference at the Avalon Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against Jake Paul, in Anaheim, Calif., June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
Before his bout with Jake Paul on June 28, Chávez had fought just once since 2021, having fallen to innumerable lows during a lengthy boxing career conducted in the shadow of his father, Julio César Chávez, one of the most beloved athletes in Mexican history and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame who won championships in several weight classes.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
FILE - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. top, celebates with his team after defeating with U.S. Jose Celaya during their Continental Americas super welterweight title fight of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in Leon, Mexico, Feb. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Mario Armas, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez, left, of Mexico kisses his son, Julio Jr., during a weigh-in at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, May 27, 2005. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
FILE - Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, has his hand taped by trainer Freddie Roach before a media workout in Los Angeles, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., center, of Mexico poses with his belt along with his father Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr., right, and referee Jack Reiss after defeating Sebastian Zbik of Germany after their WBC World Middleweight title boxing match, in Los Angeles, June 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
FILE - Sebastian Zbik of Germany connects with Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. of Mexico during their WBC World Middleweight title boxing match, in Los Angeles, June 4, 2011. Chavez, Jr. won by majority decision. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
FILE - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. takes part in a press conference in Mexico City,Feb. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
FILE - Canelo Alvarez, of Mexico, right, celebrates after defeating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., of Mexico, in a catch weight boxing match in Las Vegas, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, of Mexico, talks with his father, legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, left, at a news conference to promote his upcoming middleweight championship boxing match with Sergio Martinez, of Argentina, in Los Angeles, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., right, lands a punch against Sergio Martinez during the WBC middleweight title fight, in Las Vegas, Sept. 15, 2012. Martinez won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. enters the ring before fighting Sergio Martinez for the WBC middleweight title fight, in Las Vegas, Sept. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. attends a news conference in Las Vegas, May 3, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Canelo Alvarez, right, of Mexico, hits Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., of Mexico, during their catch weight boxing match, in Las Vegas, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. poses for photographers during a weigh-in, in Las Vegas, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, throws a punch at Jake Paul during their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
FILE - Jake Paul, front left, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., front right, pose for photographers following a ceremonial weigh-in ahead of their cruiserweight boxing match, in Anaheim, Calif., June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Boxers Cesar Chavez Jr,, left, smiles towards his father Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico's former world champion, during a boxing news conference at the Avalon Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against Jake Paul, in Anaheim, Calif., June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — First responders on Sunday entered a contested neighborhood in Syria’ s northern city of Aleppo after days of deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish-led forces. Syrian state media said the military was deployed in large numbers.
The clashes broke out Tuesday in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid after the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the main Kurdish-led force in the country, failed to make progress on how to merge the SDF into the national army. Security forces captured Achrafieh and Bani Zaid.
The fighting between the two sides was the most intense since the fall of then-President Bashar Assad to insurgents in December 2024. At least 23 people were killed in five days of clashes and more than 140,000 were displaced amid shelling and drone strikes.
The U.S.-backed SDF, which have played a key role in combating the Islamic State group in large swaths of eastern Syria, are the largest force yet to be absorbed into Syria's national army. Some of the factions that make up the army, however, were previously Turkish-backed insurgent groups that have a long history of clashing with Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish fighters have now evacuated from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood to northeastern Syria, which is under the control of the SDF. However, they said in a statement they will continue to fight now that the wounded and civilians have been evacuated, in what they called a “partial ceasefire.”
The neighborhood appeared calm Sunday. The United Nations said it was trying to dispatch more convoys to the neighborhoods with food, fuel, blankets and other urgent supplies.
Government security forces brought journalists to tour the devastated area, showing them the damaged Khalid al-Fajer Hospital and a military position belonging to the SDF’s security forces that government forces had targeted.
The SDF statement accused the government of targeting the hospital “dozens of times” before patients were evacuated. Damascus accused the Kurdish-led group of using the hospital and other civilian facilities as military positions.
On one street, Syrian Red Crescent first responders spoke to a resident surrounded by charred cars and badly damaged residential buildings.
Some residents told The Associated Press that SDF forces did not allow their cars through checkpoints to leave.
“We lived a night of horror. I still cannot believe that I am right here standing on my own two feet,” said Ahmad Shaikho. “So far the situation has been calm. There hasn’t been any gunfire.”
Syrian Civil Defense first responders have been disarming improvised mines that they say were left by the Kurdish forces as booby traps.
Residents who fled are not being allowed back into the neighborhood until all the mines are cleared. Some were reminded of the displacement during Syria’s long civil war.
“I want to go back to my home, I beg you,” said Hoda Alnasiri.
Associated Press journalist Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut contributed to this report.
Sandbag barriers used as fighting positions by Kurdish fighters, left inside a destroyed mosque in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Burned vehicles at one of the Kurdish fighters positions at the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
People flee the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
A Syrian military police convoy enters the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Burned vehicles and ammunitions left at one of the Kurdish fighters positions at the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)