A judge has prosecuted for organized crime to the boxer, son of the legend of the quadrilateral, Julio César Chávez. In an audience held in Hermosillo, capital of Sonora, the judge, Enrique Hernández, has considered that the evidence presented are enough to open a process against the fighter. Despite this, Chávez Junior, locked since his arrest in early July, will continue his process, also a decision of the judge.
In July in California, where he spent seasons. ICE agents, the American immigration agency, intercepted it while driving its vehicle, a situation that was recorded on video, and that the agency subsequently disseminated. The same implication of ICE hid the nature of detention. Given the climate of raids and arrests of migrants in recent months in the United States, it was speculated that the reason for the apprehension pointed to a immigration issue. It was soon seen that it was not.
Since January 2023, Mexican Justice was looking for Chávez Junior for an organized crime of crime, linked to an alleged case of arms trafficking in Nogales, Sonora. As reported by the local press, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) put together its case from two telephone conversations intercepted to the criminal network, which mentioned Chávez’s participation in criminal activities.
In the conversations, airy in the press, the alleged members of the Net El Chapo Guzmán. Chávez Junior was a couple and has two children with the widow of one of the children of the Chapo, Edgar Guzmán, killed in Culiacán in 2008. In fact, in one of the conversations they pointed out that the collaborators of the Chapitos used Chávez to hit Discolos collaborators.
Chávez Junior was deported a few days ago to Mexico and spent his first days back in his country in a prison in Sonora. The US ambassador to Mexico, Ron Johnson, celebrated the transfer. “This action reflects the solid cooperation among our governments, demonstrating that collaboration offers results and strengthens the safety of both nations,” he said in a message posted in his X account.
