Overview

• Judge Enrique Hernández Miranda held a videoconference hearing from Cefereso 11 and linked Chávez Jr. to proceedings for alleged organized crime and arms trafficking tied to Sinaloa cartel factions.
• The court ordered conditional release with a ban on leaving Mexico while a three‑month complementary investigation period runs.
• Prison authorities requested the remote hearing to avoid transporting him through zones of cartel conflict around Hermosillo for safety reasons.
• The prosecution rests on a 2023 FGR warrant and reported intercepts that reference Chávez Jr., with no direct calls, testimony or disclosed documentary evidence to him so far.
• ICE deported him and handed him over in Nogales, an action the U.S. embassy framed as bilateral cooperation, while a separate amparo ruling blocked incommunicado detention.