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Judge Orders End to Incommunicado Detention of Julio César Chávez Jr.

He remains in preventive custody in Hermosillo pending a hearing on allegations of organized crime tied to weapons trafficking.

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ICE difunde imágenes de la detención de Julio César Chávez Jr., boxeador mexicano deportado de EE.UU. (Instagram/@lomejordelboxeo-Web/ICE)
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Overview

  • Ana María Nava Ortega of the Juzgado Decimoprimero de Distrito granted an amparo that immediately halted incommunicado conditions at CEFERESO No. 11 in Hermosillo.
  • ICE released photos and video of Chávez Jr. shackled during his August 18 deportation through Nogales, which followed his July 3 arrest at his Los Angeles residence.
  • ICE/ERO Los Angeles director Ernesto Santacruz called him a severe public‑safety threat and cited a 2023 Mexican warrant for organized crime with arms offenses, while DHS stressed the return was a deportation, not an extradition.
  • Mexican authorities have imposed preventive detention as courts move toward a Saturday hearing to decide whether to formally link him to proceedings for organized crime in the arms‑trafficking modality.
  • The defense argues the case is unjust and will challenge the basis and conditions of custody, as boxing figures Mauricio Sulaimán and Juan Manuel Márquez publicly urged due process and expressed support.