The Julio César Chávez family: Mexico’s most famous boxing dynasty faces a different kind of fight
25 May 2026 at 12:01
In the past 10 months, two sons of Mexican boxing champion, Julio César Chávez, have been arrested. The eldest, who shares his father’s name and is known as Junior, was detained last July on charges of arms trafficking, drug offenses, and organized crime. And Last Wednesday, the story repeated itself with his younger brother, Omar, who was arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on suspicion of domestic violence.

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