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A new mugshot shows the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin, Joaquin Guzman, with a shaven head and no mustache.
The look is a far cry from his now-famous photo shaking hands with Sean Penn, where Guzman rocked a spiffy blue shirt, thick 'stache and full head of hair.
Meanwhile, Rolling Stone released the full 17-minute interview Guzman recorded shortly before his capture Friday.
In the recording Guzman, responding to questions Penn sent by Blackberry Messenger, said "no sir" when asked if he considered himself a violent person.
“Look, all I do is defend myself. Nothing more. But do I start looking for trouble? Never,” Guzman said.
This week the Mexican government began the long process of extraditing Guzman to the U.S. to face trial.
The handoff will probably take “one year or longer,” the head of Mexico’s extradition office, Manuel Merino, told Radio Formula on Monday.
It’s unclear where Guzman would be brought to justice once he arrives in the U.S. He has two separate arrest warrants in California and Texas.
Those warrants, which include charges of organized crime, embezzlement and murder, are in addition to indictments in Illinois, New York, Florida and New Hampshire.
Mexico’s willingness to extradite Guzman is a sharp turnaround from the last time he was captured, in 2014, when then-Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said the extradition would happen only after he finished his sentence in Mexico in “300 or 400 years.”
Guzman’s lawyers have already begun the legal effort against his detention and extradition.
With News Wire Services
