MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has entered a prison in the northern Mexico state of Sonora after his arrest in the United States in July, Mexico's national arrest registry showed on Tuesday.

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.

Chávez was deported from the United States on Aug. 18. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it had arrested Chávez in July and was in the process of an “expedited removal” so the boxer could be taken to Mexico.