Since 2019, Mexican prosecutors have been investigating Julio César Chávez Jr. following a complaint filed by U.S. authorities against the Sinaloa Cartel for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking.

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was deported from the United States and entered a prison in the northern Mexico state of Sonora, according to the country's national arrest registry. Chávez had been arrested in the U.S. in July and Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 19 that the 39-year-old had been deported to Mexico.

Julio César Chávez Jr. will not have to remain in prison on remand while he awaits trial, a Mexican judge has ruled.