Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. The world's most wanted drug lord was recaptured by Mexican marines Friday, six months after he fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in an escape that deeply embarrassed the government and strained ties with the United States.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - The latest in the capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, his meeting with Sean Penn and efforts to send him to the United States (all times local):
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The head of extradition for the Mexican Attorney General's Office says it probably will take at least a year to extradite Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States.
Officials had previously estimated a six-month minimum, but Jose Manuel Merino told local media that the extradition would probably take "one year or longer." Merino told Radio Formula that the length of the process would depend on how hard the defendant's lawyers fight each stage. Merino said the process had lasted as long as six years, in one case.
The Attorney General's Office issued a statement Sunday it's started the extradition mechanism by notifying Guzman that two arrest warrants from the U.S. are being processed.
Guzman was recaptured Friday, six months after breaking out of a Mexican prison.
Guzman's attorney Juan Pablo Badillo has said that the defense already has filed six motions to challenge extradition requests.
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2015 file photo, Sean Penn speaks during a forum with young entrepreneurs during the IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Lima, Peru. Late Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview that Guzman apparently gave to Penn in his hideout in Mexico months before his recapture. In the article and interview, Penn describes the complicated measures he took to meet the legendary drug lord. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced that Guzman had been recaptured six months after escaping from a maximum security prison. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is loaded into a marine helicopter at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. The world's most wanted drug lord was recaptured by Mexican marines Friday, six months after he fled through a tunnel from a maximum secuirty prison in an escape that deeply embarrassed the government and strained ties with the United States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Mexican Navy marines stand next to their vehicle after they participated in the recapture of Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the city of Los Mochis, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 08, 2016. The worldâs most-wanted drug lord was captured for a third time, as Mexican marines staged heavily-armed raids that caught drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. (AP Photo/Mahatma Millan)
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A Mexican army vehicle stands guard outside of a motel wheere Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured, in the city of Los Mochis, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. The worldâs most-wanted drug lord was captured for a third time, as Mexican marines staged heavily-armed raids that caught Guzman six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison.(Carlos Paulino via AP/EL DEBATE)
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, flanked by Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, left, and National Defense Secretary Slavador Cienfuegos Zepeda, applauds during a press conference following the capture of fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. Pena announced that Guzman had been recaptured six months after escaping from a maximum security prison. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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