The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained “prominent Mexican boxer and criminal illegal alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.” In a press release, DHS said Chavez is being processed for expedited removal from the United States. “Chavez is a Mexican citizen who has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives,” the press release read. “The arrest comes only days after the former middleweight champion fought in a match Saturday against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California,” ESPN wrote. Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been arrested by U.S. immigration officers and is being processed for expedited removal from the country, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Thursday. The DHS said Chavez Jr., who fought Jake Paul on Saturday in… pic.twitter.com/RcAp6xfBlz — ESPN (@espn) July 3, 2025 Per DHS: In August 2023, he entered the country legally with a B2 tourist visa that was valid until February 2024. Chavez is also believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. ICE arrested Chavez in Studio City, California on July 2. On April 2, 2024, Chavez filed application for Lawful Permanent Resident status. Chavez’s application was based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel through a prior relationship with the now-deceased son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. On December 17, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made a referral to ICE that Chavez is an egregious public safety threat. However, an entry in a DHS law enforcement system under the Biden administration indicated Chavez was not an immigration enforcement priority. On January 4, 2025, the Biden administration allowed Chavez to reenter the country and paroled him into the country at the San Ysidro port of entry. Following multiple fraudulent statements on his application to become a Lawful Permanent Resident, he was determined to be in the country illegally and removable on June 27, 2025. “Under President Trump, NO ONE is above the law—including world-famous athletes. Our message to any cartel affiliates in the U.S. is clear: We will find you and you will face consequences. The days of unchecked cartel violence are over,” DHS stated on X. On July 2, ICE arrested Mexican boxer and criminal illegal alien Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. He is now being processed for expedited removal from the United States. This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and… pic.twitter.com/c4QeRVpCEr — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 3, 2025 ESPN noted: Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said that they’ve initiated extradition procedures for “Julio C,” who has had an arrest warrant in Mexico since March 2023 for organized crime and arms trafficking. A federal agent who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed to The Associated Press that “Julio C” is Chávez. Before his bout with Paul on Saturday, Chávez fought just once since 2021, 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. The son has failed drug tests, served suspensions and missed weight multiple times while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport. He still rose to its heights, winning the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defending it three times. Chávez shared the ring with generational greats Canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martinez, losing to both. After dealing with drug addiction for long stretches of his career, Chávez went to a rehabilitation clinic in Sinaloa and said he was clean for the Paul fight. He looked in his best shape in years while preparing for the match.

Ben McLemore, a former top-10 NBA draft pick, was found guilty of raping a woman in 2021 while playing with the Portland Trail Blazers. The former Kansas star was selected 7th overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2013 NBA draft. After 10 hours of deliberations following an 11-day trial, an Oregon jury found McLemore guilty of raping a woman at a party in Lake Oswego. McLemore was found guilty of first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and second-degree sexual abuse. The 32-year-old was found not guilty on an additional count of second-degree sexual abuse. He pled not guilty to all four counts. McLemore’s sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9th. Ben McLemore has been found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman at a 2021 house party in Lake Oswego. He was convicted on 3 of 4 charges, including first-degree rape, per @KGWNews “The jury found former Portland Trail Blazer Ben McLemore guilty Thursday morning of rape and… pic.twitter.com/2IUlPH6dKf — NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 3, 2025 More info from ESPN: “We recognize there are those who fear individuals with celebrity status or a position of prominence can avoid prosecution. Not in Clackamas County. This case demonstrates my office prosecutes criminal acts regardless of the offender’s community status,” Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth said in a statement. The charges stem from a report of sexual assault in Lake Oswego, Oregon, on Oct. 3, 2021. Police began investigating, and McLemore was identified as a suspect. In February 2024, a Clackamas County grand jury heard evidence in the case, including testimony from the woman who said McLemore assaulted her, and issued an indictment against McLemore as well as an arrest warrant, according to police from Lake Oswego. U.S. Marshals arrested McLemore two months later. An Oregon jury convicted former NBA player Ben McLemore on rape and sexual abuse charges that emerged from a 2021 party he attended while a member of the Portland Trail Blazers. https://t.co/eQxCjnTjyS — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2025 Yahoo Sports provided additional details: The incident in question occurred on Oct. 3, 2021 at a party at the home of McLemore’s then-Blazers teammate Robert Covington. Prosecutors said the victim was “hammered unconscious drunk,” to the point of vomiting and having difficulty walking. She reportedly passed out on a living room couch at 2 a.m. McLemore allegedly began sleeping on the same couch and woke up the victim at 6 a.m. by penetrating her with his fingers then having sexual intercourse with her. The victim was reportedly still “fading in and out” of consciousness, but sought a specialized medical examination for victims of sexual assault later that day. In his defense, McLemore’s legal team claimed the encounter was consensual, and that he was also even more drunk than the victim, via KGW: Defense attorney Lisa Maxfield argued McLemore should be acquitted. “The only reasonable verdict in a case where two people get drunk and have sex and the man is drunker than the woman, the only reasonable verdict in a case like that is not guilty,” said Maxfield. McLemore was first arrested in April 2024, and promised the “truth will come to light” shortly after being released on bail. The seventh overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, McLemore has not appeared in the NBA since the 2021-22 season. He played in the NBA for nine years, with stints on the Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings, the team that originally drafted him. Watch additional coverage below:

The “Maryland Man” is back in the news… The guy who just won’t go away.  Literally!  We literally shipped him off to an El Salvadorian prison and he’s back like a family member that just won’t leave your house after long-overstaying their welcome! He’s not only back but he’s making big, bold claims saying he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in that El Salvadorian prison. Oh my! Take a look here: Kilmar Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. He said he and 20 others were forced to kneel all night long and guards hit anyone who fell. https://t.co/fICQcNganX — FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) July 3, 2025 Here are more details, from the AP: Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday. He said he was kicked and hit so often after arrival that by the following day, he had visible bruises and lumps all over his body. He said he and 20 others were forced to kneel all night long and guards hit anyone who fell. Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The new details of Abrego Garcia’s incarceration in El Salvador were added to a lawsuit against the Trump administration that Abrego Garcia’s wife filed in Maryland federal court after he was deported. The Trump administration has asked a federal judge in Maryland to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that it is now moot because the government returned him to the United States as ordered by the court. A U.S. immigration judge in 2019 had barred Abrego Garcia from being deported back to his native El Salvador because he likely faced persecution there by local gangs who had terrorized him and his family. The Trump administration deported him there despite the judge’s 2019 order and later described it as an “administrative error.” Trump and other officials have since doubled down on claims Abrego Garcia was in the MS-13 gang. On March 15, Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador and sent to the country’s mega-prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT. In the new court documents, Abrego Garcia said detainees at CECOT “were confined to metal bunks with no mattresses in an overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation.” He said prison officials told him repeatedly that they would transfer him to cells with people who were gang members who would “tear” him apart. Abrego Garcia said he saw others in nearby cells violently harm each other and heard screams from people throughout the night. His condition deteriorated and he lost more than 30 pounds in his first two weeks there, he said. Sounds really bad! But…is it true? Not according to El Savadorian President Nayib Bukele, and not according to video and photographic evidence he just released. It turns out not only did none of those things seemingly happen, but he lived a pretty decent existence, far nicer than I expected, and it appears he GAINED weight instead of losing 30 lbs: President Nayib Bukele just released footage of the illegal alien Democrats claimed was getting tortured in El Salvador. He said he lost weight, but he GAINED weight according to Salvadoran officials. pic.twitter.com/gzxB0ZqgkZ — George (@BehizyTweets) July 3, 2025 Here’s President Nayib Bukele with the mic-drop post: Apparently, anything a criminal claims is accepted as truth by the mainstream media and the crumbling Western judiciary. But the man wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight. In fact, photos show he gained weight while in detention. There’s plenty of footage from different days,… pic.twitter.com/PzvLcCNzrK — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) July 3, 2025 Apparently, anything a criminal claims is accepted as truth by the mainstream media and the crumbling Western judiciary. But the man wasn’t tortured, nor did he lose weight. In fact, photos show he gained weight while in detention. There’s plenty of footage from different days, including his meeting with Senator Van Hollen, who himself confirmed the man seemed fine. If he’d been tortured, sleep-deprived, and starved, why does he look so well in every picture? Why would he gain weight? Why are there no bruises, or even dark circles under his eyes? I love that guy! El Salvador has a FANTASTIC president! Another big old swing and a miss from the “Maryland Man” and the MSM! RELATED: Judge Delays The Release of “Maryland Man” To Protect Him From Deportation

The first group of detainees arrived at “Alligator Alcatraz” on Thursday. According to The Palm Beach Post, video footage showed a “white shuttle-type bus” pulling up to the facility. Benny Johnson shared an image: The first batch of criminal aliens has arrived at Alligator Alcatraz. Into my veins. pic.twitter.com/gNXqqZ6Rzp — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 3, 2025 A spokesperson for Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirmed the arrivals with the Associated Press. “The first group has arrived at Alligator Alcatraz. Stood up in record time under @GovRonDeSantis’ leadership & in coordination with @DHSgov & @ICEgov, Florida is proud to help facilitate @realDonaldTrump’s mission to enforce immigration law,” the Florida Division of Emergency Management wrote on X. The first group has arrived at Alligator Alcatraz. Stood up in record time under @GovRonDeSantis’ leadership & in coordination with @DHSgov & @ICEgov,Florida is proud to help facilitate @realDonaldTrump's mission to enforce immigration law. pic.twitter.com/RoCyt5RuX6 — FL Division of Emergency Management (@FLSERT) July 3, 2025 More from the Associated Press: The facility, at an airport used for training, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras, 28,000-plus feet (8,500 meters) of barbed wire and 400 security personnel. Immigrants who are arrested by Florida law enforcement officers under the federal government’s 287(g) program will be taken to the facility, according to an official in President Donald Trump’s administration. The program is led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and allows police officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation. The facility is expected to be expanded in 500 bed increments until it has an estimated 5,000 beds by early July. A group of Florida Democratic state lawmakers headed to the facility Thursday to conduct “an official legislative site visit,” citing concerns about conditions for detainees and the awarding of millions of dollars in state contracts for the construction. Libs of TikTok shared footage of Democrat lawmakers attempting to gain access to the facility. Check it out: Democrats showed up demanding access to Alligator Alcatraz and were denied entry Imagine if they cared this much about homeless veterans or hurricane victims pic.twitter.com/LXWWStf7jc — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 3, 2025 Fox News noted: Multiple Democratic lawmakers will visit “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new illegal immigrant detention center being constructed near the Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, on Thursday. The “official legislative site visit” is in response to what officials claim is “a series of deeply troubling developments at the state-run immigrant detention facility,” according to a news release. Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones and Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith will be joined by state representatives Anna Eskamani, Angie Nixon and Michele Rayner. “On the eve of America’s Independence Day, these Democrat politicians are choosing to defend criminal illegal aliens over American citizens,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. “They should stop staging political stunts for 15 minutes of fame and start working with President Trump and Secretary Noem to keep Americans safe. If these lawmakers want a tour of Alligator Alcatraz, they will need to reach out to the Florida Department of State.” The visit comes days after President Donald Trump toured the state site alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Additional coverage below:

The Supreme Court has just given President Trump the green-light to deport eight violent criminal illegal aliens to South Sudan. In May, Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy blocked the deportation of these illegals. Since then, they’ve been held at a naval base in Djibouti. Since the base doesn’t have a detention center, these violent illegals have been held in a conference room built out of a shipping container. ICE agents have been forced to live on-base in 100-degree weather in risky conditions with limited lighting and sleeping quarters. Thankfully, today SCOTUS overturned that ruling, allowing the deportation to move forward. Check it out: BREAKING: Supreme Court orders that Trump can deport illegal aliens to South Sudan. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. pic.twitter.com/CqMKooQEqQ — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 3, 2025 NEW: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to deport eight criminal illegal aliens to South Sudan who were being held on a U.S. military base in Djibouti for six weeks while awaiting the ruling. The court ruled 7-2, lifting an order from Boston U.S. District Court… pic.twitter.com/1LS9VCe30H — RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) July 3, 2025 All of the illegals being deported to South Sudan have been convicted of violent crimes, including murder and sex offenses. Take a look: Here’s a breakdown of their offenses: Only one is originally from South Sudan. The New York Post has more details: The Trump administration contends the men committed crimes so “monstrous and barbaric” that no other country would take them. The migrants include a sex offender from Myanmar and a convicted murderer from Laos — and others from Cuba and Vietnam. Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, but Elana Kagan joined the majority in siding with the Trump administration. The ruling follows the high court’s 6-3 decision last month to allow the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their home nation — so-called “third countries” — with limited notice. The eight foreign nationals have been detained at a US military base in Djibouti since May, when a federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden blocked the Trump administration from sending the men to South Sudan. AG Pam Bondi had this to say in response to the SCOTUS ruling: Yet another rogue district court judge has been rebuked by the Supreme Court thanks to the tireless work of dedicated DOJ attorneys. @POTUS will continue to exercise his full authority to remove killers and violent criminal illegal aliens from our country.https://t.co/xiTzJN6vw4 — Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 3, 2025 Notably, last month, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing the Trump administration to deport illegals to countries other than their countries of origin. More on that from CBS News: The Supreme Court’s original order last month was a significant legal victory for President Trump and his mass deportation campaign. As part of that effort, administration officials have sought to convince countries around the globe, including in far-flung parts of Africa, to accept deportees who are not their citizens. Several countries — including El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and Kosovo — have already agreed to host migrants from other nations who have been deported from the U.S. What do you think? Do you support deporting illegal criminals to third-world countries like South Sudan?