US EditionBoxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. faces charges tied to the Sinaloa Cartel including organized crime and arms trafficking; he was released on bail with a travel ban during the investigation.
- On Sunday, Julio Cesar Chávez Jr. was released from a Hermosillo, Sonora state prison while awaiting trial, as Judge Enrique Hernández Miranda ruled he need not remain in custody but barred him from leaving Mexico.
- After his July arrest in Los Angeles, California, Chávez Jr. was deported on Aug. 19 and transferred to the Federal Attorney General's Office in Sonora, then to Hermosillo's federal facility.
- His lawyer said Chávez Jr. faces organised crime and clandestine weapons introduction charges, could get four to eight years if convicted, and posted $50,000 bail with a treatment condition.
- The court set the next hearing for Nov 24 and extended investigations by three months, while Centro Federal de Readaptación Social 11 director and Control Judge Enrique Hernández Miranda requested video appearances due to attack risks during transfers in the violent Sonora region.
- The case sits within a 2019 U.S.-triggered probe of the Sinaloa Cartel, involving 13 people including Ovidio Guzmán López, with prosecutors alleging Chávez Jr. acted as a henchman for the cartel, designated a terrorist organization earlier this year.
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Julio César Chávez Jr.'s lawyer reported that his client will conduct his trial in provisional release and shared the reasons why a judge ordered his release from prison. This despite the fact that the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States states that informal pretrial detention is dictated for certain crimes, such as organized crime and those related to weapons and explosives, two of the charges against Chávez Jr. The litigator sa…
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Boxing champ Chavez Jr could be let out of jail while awaiting Mexico trial
MEXICO CITY - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr could be released from a jail in northern Mexico in coming days as he awaits trial for alleged cartel ties following his deportation from the United States, his lawyer told local media this weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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