Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. faces trial
HERMISILLO, MEXICO—A Mexican judge on Saturday said Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. would go on trial for accusations of having cartel ties but could await that trial outside of detention, the boxer’s lawyer said.
The lawyer, Rubén Fernando Benítez Alvarez, confirmed that the court announced additional measures and granted three months of additional investigation into the case. He made the comments while walking out of a court hearing in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo.
Chávez, who had been living in the United States for several years, was arrested on July 2 by federal agents outside his Los Angeles home for overstaying his visa and lying on an application to obtain a green card. The arrest came just days after a fight he had with famed American boxer Jake Paul in Los Angeles.
Since 2019, Mexican prosecutors have been investigating the 39-year-old boxer following a complaint filed by US authorities against the Sinaloa Cartel for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking.
After nearly a month and a half in detention, Chávez was deported on Aug. 19 and handed over to agents of the Federal Attorney General’s Office in Sonora state and was taken to the Hermosillo detention center.
