Overview
- The roughly 10-minute technical hearing in Hermosillo granted a three-month extension to the complementary investigation.
- Judge Édgar Alejandro Domínguez Villapudua accepted a joint request from the FGR and the defense that cited pending steps, including requests to U.S. authorities.
- Chávez Jr. remains under conditional release with restrictions that include not leaving Mexico and avoiding contact with investigating agents.
- Prosecutors have outlined 21 evidence items, including 2019–2022 phone interceptions, HSI and DEA reports on suspected arms trafficking, and a boxing robe found at a property linked to “El Nini.”
- The defense, led by Rubén Fernando Benítez Álvarez del Castillo, challenges the probative value of several elements and is verifying audio authenticity; the case is recorded as file 15/2023 with 14 defendants.