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Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against USA's Jake Paul at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon, AFP/File

(FILES) Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against USA's Jake Paul at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2025. The United States extradited Mexican boxer Julio C鳡r Chᶥz Jr. to Mexico after he was arrested in Los Angeles and accused of links to drug trafficking, the National Detention Registry reported on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

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Jake Paul v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756024559593AFP__20250819__69XJ8ZQ__v2__MidRes__JakePaulVJulioCesarChavezJr.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Mexico&#x27;s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against USA&#x27;s Jake Paul at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Mexico&#x27;s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrives for his cruiserweight boxing match against USA&#x27;s Jake Paul at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2025. <em>Patrick T. Fallon, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be released while awaiting trial for alleged links to drug cartels, his lawyer said Saturday after a court hearing in Mexico.</p><p>Chavez Jr., 39, son of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, was deported from the United States on Monday and appeared before a federal judge in the northwestern state of Sonora on Saturday.</p><p>&quot;He will be released immediately as ordered by the judge,&quot; lawyer Ruben Fernando Benitez told reporters.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/8/20/mexican-boxer-chavez-jr-deported-from-us-over-alleged-cartel-ties-1629">READ: Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. deported from US over alleged cartel ties</a></div><p>The attorney general&#x27;s office did not immediately respond to AFP&#x27;s request for comment.</p><p>Chavez faces charges of &quot;organized crime&quot; without a leadership role, and for allegedly participating in the &quot;clandestine introduction of weapons into Mexico,&quot; the lawyer said.</p><p>Benitez said &quot;very strict measures,&quot; including a travel ban, were imposed, but added that Chavez would comply.</p><p>During the hearing, the attorney general&#x27;s office requested three additional months to gather evidence, according to local media.</p><p>The next hearing is set for November 24.</p><p>US authorities arrested Chavez in July for being in the United States illegally.</p><p>They also said he was wanted in Mexico for alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of six Mexican drug trafficking groups designated as terrorist organizations by the United States.</p><p>After Chavez&#x27;s deportation, Mexican authorities transferred him to a prison in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/7/3/mexican-boxer-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-arrested-by-ice-days-after-jake-paul-fight-0648">READ: Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrested by ICE days after Jake Paul fight</a></div><p>Chavez&#x27;s arrest in July came days after his lopsided loss to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a cruiserweight bout before a sell-out crowd in California.</p><p>If convicted, Chavez could face four to eight years in prison, his lawyer said.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be released while awaiting trial for alleged links to drug cartels, his lawyer said Saturday after a court hearing in Mexico.</p>

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be released while awaiting trial for alleged links to drug cartels, his lawyer said Saturday after a court hearing in Mexico.

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Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. to be released pending trial

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Published Aug 24, 2025 04:38 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 24, 2025 04:45 PM PHT

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