MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman faces an outstanding jail term in Mexico and any extradition to the United States is likely to take time, President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Wednesday.
In an interview with broadcaster Univision, Pena Nieto suggested that Guzman, who was Mexico's most wanted man when he was arrested in the northwest of the country on Saturday, was unlikely to be handed over to the United States quickly.
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