Overview

• Julio César Chávez Jr. remains detained in Texas under a fast-track removal order.
• He is scheduled for a deportation hearing on August 21 where authorities aim to send him to Mexico to face a 2023 FGR warrant for alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties and weapons trafficking.
• In a private exchange, Chávez Jr. said he was “in shock” and asked, “¿cómo me acusan de todo esto, apá?”
• His father, Julio César Chávez Sr., has publicly denounced the charges as baseless and affirmed his son’s innocence.
• Attorney Michael Goldstein has filed multiple appeals seeking to halt the deportation process and dispute the charges’ foundation.