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Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr deported from US: Authorities

Former champion boxer Chavez Jr is deported by the US, facing charges of arms trafficking and organised crime in Mexico.

Two US Army soldiers stand between Stryker combat vehicles as they watch over the US-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Arizona, on July 22, 2025. [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, N.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Stryker combat vehicle sits atop a hill overlooking the US-Mexico border fence in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on July 23, 2025. [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ernesto Nevarez demonstrates how to use the DroneBuster, a handheld device used to disable drones, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Sunland Park, N.M. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US Army Staff Sergeant Ernesto Nevarez demonstrates how to use the Dronebuster, a handheld device used to disable drones, on July 23, 2025. [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

U.S. Army combat engineers place razor wire on the U.S.-Mexico border wall to reinforce security in El Paso Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

US Army combat engineers place razor wire on the US-Mexico border wall to reinforce security in El Paso, Texas, on July 23, 2025. [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

A CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter conducts surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

A helicopter from CBP Air and Marine Operations conducts surveillance along the US-Mexico border near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on July 23, 2025. [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

The U.S.-Mexico border fence stretches through remote desert terrain near Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The US-Mexico border fence stretches through remote desert terrain near Nogales, Arizona. [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

A U.S. soldier assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border holds a Dronebuster, a handheld device designed to counter drones, in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

A US soldier assigned to the Joint Task Force-Southern Border holds a Dronebuster, a handheld device to counter drones, in El Paso, Texas, on July 23, 2025. [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

US Army Sergeant Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the US-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Arizona, on July 22, 2025. [Jae C Hong/AP Photo]

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