Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been released from a prison in northern Mexico. He was sent there in August after being deported from the United States.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr could be released from a jail in northern Mexico in coming days as he awaits trial for alleged cartel ties following his deportation from the United States,

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. is in a Mexican prison after being deported from the United States. Chávez was arrested in the U.S. last month and accused of cartel involvement.