Police officers stand guard at the door of a courthouse building as Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (not pictured) appears via videoconference following his deportation from the United States and transfer to a federal prison, following his arrest in the United States in July, after a warrant was issued in Mexico for alleged involvement in arms trafficking and organized crime, according to local media, in Hermosillo, Mexico, August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Alonso Castillo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been released from jail in northern Mexico as he awaits trial for alleged cartel ties following his deportation from the United States, his lawyer told local media on Sunday.
His release comes one day after a hearing in the northern city of Hermosillo in Sonora state, in which a judge ruled that the 39-year-old former champion could continue his legal process from outside detention, after he was arrested last week.
