MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities on Sunday formally launched the process to extradite druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US, as they also sought to question US actor Sean Penn over his clandestine meeting with Guzman.The extradition bid marks a reversal from President Enrique Pena Nieto’s refusal to send Guzman across the border before his July escape from a maximum-security prison.The attorney-general’s office said Interpol Mexico agents went to Guzman’s prison near Mexico City to execute two arrest warrants for his extradition, two days after he was captured in a deadly military raid.Mexico received the US extradition requests last year on a slew of charges, including drug trafficking and homicide. Guzman is wanted in six US states.A federal official said the process could take "months", but that authorities were likely to "try to do it fast". After judges rule on the extradition, the foreign ministry has to issue a decision, which Guzman can appeal.His attorney has vowed ...
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