It’s been two months since Israel Mireles was arrested in Mexico, charged with the murder of El Dorado teen Emily Sander. U.S. authorities had 60 days to turn extradition requests over to Mexican officials. That deadline has now come and gone.

U.S. officials not only met that deadline, they got that paper work finished and sent out early. But now it’s up to Mexican authorities as to just how long it will take before Mireles is back in the U.S.

“It’s just not a fast process,” explains Daryl Ingermanson, Chief Deputy for the U.S. Marshal’s Office in Wichita.

The hard part, U.S. Law enforcement officials say, is over… finding and arresting Israel Mireles, who was hiding out in Mexico.

“You have a certain time frame,” says Ingermanson. “You have 60 to 90 days from the initial arrest to put certain things into play.”

As soon as Mireles was arrested, the clock started ticking for everyone from local to state authorities. They had to get their case and requests for his return to the U.S. together, translated into Spanish, and to Mexico in 60 days.

“If there are certain things in the translation that aren’t correct, the Mexican government sends them back to the state department,” said Ingermanson.

U.S. Officials met that deadline, February 15th, with a week to spare. But that doesn’t mean Mireles will be turned over.

“Their usually sticklers that all the paper work has to be exact,” said Ingermanson. He says, even if documents satisfy Mexican authorities, which can take nearly 4 months to determine, Mireles still has the chance to appeal his extradition.

Because of a treaty with Mexico, part of the deal to extradite Mireles is that the U.S. must guarantee that he will not receive the death penalty even though he’s been charged with capital murder.