Chavez Jr. has been held at the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (Cefereso) number 11. He got sent back to Mexico from the United States about a week ago. The authorities say he might have helped smuggle guns and worked with the Sinaloa Cartel.
Judge Enrique Hernandez Miranda looked at the case. He said the boxer can go free, but he'll have to follow some strict rules. Chavez Jr. can't leave Mexico without asking first, but he can ask to travel for boxing matches.
Benitez talked about what happened in court:
"Today he should be released immediately because this is what the judge determined because the prosecutor's office did not justify that he should continue to be deprived of his liberty for his trial. They imposed very strict measures on him that he must comply with and we are going to ensure that this is the case. My client is interested in following this process and ending these conjectures and demonstrating that he is not guilty at all."
The lawyer wasn't happy that the hearing happened over video. He wanted to be in the same room as Chavez Jr. to talk better, but the jail boss said no because of safety reasons.
Benitez also said the case against Chavez Jr. isn't very strong:
"It was a mild, concrete and very fair hearing. I have some appreciations, we have a very serious issue, but very serious, because we have a Federal Prosecutor's Office that attributes participation in a very dangerous organization based on anecdotes of camaraderie, there is not a single expression that we have seen or has not been shown to us by the prosecutor. We have not seen any expression in which he participated, that he was part of a group or that he is subordinate. There is nothing present of that."
The cops have three months to find more proof. They'll meet again on November 23 in Sonora to talk about what they found. If Chavez Jr. gets in trouble, he could go to jail for 4 to 8 years.
For now, Chavez Jr. will go home. He'll have to be careful and follow the rules while everyone figures out what really happened.