Irony can be really ironic sometimes.
Can't wait to see this episode of DOG the Bounty Hunter .
I bet this is in relation to the Andrew Luster case. Chapman tracked down and found that rapist scum down there and this is the thanks he gets for it?!
Max Factor heir returns to face prison term
Wasn't Dog's original arrest in Mexico and subsequent release and return to the US one of the first episodes of his show?
I'm not a regular viewer but I think I recall this from channel surfing a couple of years ago.
He's getting screwed. He helped catch a rapist and this is how he is thanked.
Oh I know why, because A&E decided shows like his were better than quality programming and they canceled the remainder of the Horatio Hornblower series.
Set the Dog free!
Set the Dog Free!
As I heard the story related this morning, Mexico would not arrest and return to the United States, a man charged with three rapes. "Dog" went down and took the guy into custody. The Mexican government stepped in and arrested "Dog", releasing him but demanding he return to face charges. He did not return.
Here our government shows it's willingness to jump to Mexico's tune, when Mexico tells us to stuff-it across to board.
Frankly, as it applies to our Mexican relations, I'm about as dumbfounded by it's actions and angry at our government as I could get.
He should have done it the safe way. Stolen car gets recovered in Laredo, guess what is found in the trunk.
Been there done that.
Such are the hazards of bounty hunting. However I do have to agree with many of the posts. The US should not bow to help the mexican "establishment" They refuse to honor our laws, why should we care about theirs.
Here's a good article I found. It's from March 2005.
Force Mexico To Extradite
Bob Baker - Guest Commentary
As of last year, the Justice Department had more than 800 open extradition cases for fugitives in Mexico.
There is a country to the south of the United States that has become a fugitive paradise, willingly harboring and giving sanctuary to hundreds of murderers who have fled the United States after their crimes. In the past decade, any killers who make it across the border to Mexico are assured of not facing the criminal justice system in the United States.
If Raul Garcia-Gomez, who is suspected in the shooting death of Denver police Detective Donnie Young and the wounding of Detective Jack Bishop, has made his way to Mexico, he is "home free."
Having decided that no murderer should ever have to spend their life in prison, Mexico arrogantly refuses to return fugitive killers to the United States. It has consistently refused to extradite murderers if they faced the death penalty. A 2001 Mexican Supreme Court decision in essence halted all extraditions of Mexican citizens, or Americans of Mexican descent. That decision forbade Mexico to extradite anyone if he faced a sentence which carried the possibility of life imprisonment, saying it was "cruel and unusual punishment."
In short, the thoroughly corrupt Mexican judicial system has decided the U.S. cannot prosecute even U.S. citizens if they make it to Mexico. Since Oct. 2, 2001, Mexico has repeatedly refused to return suspects for prosecution. As of last year, the Justice Department had more than 800 open extradition cases for fugitives in Mexico. Those fugitives include cop killers. Armando Garcia, a Mexican national in California illegally, allegedly shot to death Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy David March during a traffic stop in 2002. He is known to be in Mexico.
Not only does Mexico harbor killers, it insists on special treatment for its citizens who have been caught and prosecuted for murder in the United States. It has found a willing ally in the Bush administration, which refuses to press for extradition of murderers from Mexico. In March, the Bush administration ordered state courts to review the cases of 51 Mexican nationals who are on death row. This represents a change of position for the president, who until now has shown little regard for either the Vienna Convention (which requires a country that detains a foreign citizen to notify that individual of his right to seek the help of a consular officer) or the International Court, which ordered the review.
Until March, the U.S. government viewed the International Court ruling as an unwarranted intrusion on the criminal justice system in the United States and an infringement on U.S. sovereignty. In the case of the death penalty, for instance, the people of Colorado and California, through their elected representatives, have decided it is a legitimate penalty. If criminals want to commit crimes in our jurisdictions, then they have to face the penalty we deem appropriate.
The National Association of Attorneys General, the Los Angeles Police Protective League and other organizations have pleaded with the federal government and U.S. legislators to negotiate with Mexico to stop this outrageous flouting of our justice system. We have been deliberately ignored by the Bush administration.
Our federal government is essentially blessing a system under which criminals can literally get away with murder if they can get across the Mexican border. Mexico has decided that until the United States rewrites its law to the approval of Mexico, then it will continue to provide a haven for fleeing criminals.
It is even more unconscionable that when a crime is committed against an American peace officer, government policy allows the criminal to escape facing the bar of justice. The U.S. government cannot continue to allow alleged cop-killers and others to flee our criminal justice system with impunity. Shut down this criminal black hole and force these cold-blooded criminals to face the music.
Bob Baker is president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents more than 9,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers.
I get furious every time I read about this.
If only they were (and our government too) were as interested in getting the 12 MILLION, THAT'S MILLION illegals in this country. Not to mention the felons that are escaping OUR justice while vacationing in their country.
Makes me sick and I still don't know who to freaking call.
'Reminds one a little of the Elian Gonzales saga.
Maybe Hulk Hogan can become a bounty hunter and they can combine 2 stupid shows into one really, really, stupid show.
Judge is considering bail. Hearing has been set for 3 p.m. today.
They are good people and most of us in Hawaii appreciate their efforts to keep the drugs/criminals off the streets.
I've noticed from the tv show they have framed photo of President Bush in their office.
Mexicans fear the long arm of the law because of successful FBI sting operations like Operation Casablanca (1998 I think) which resulted in the punishment of corrupt Mexican bankers whom the Mexican govt. had allowed to get away with their misdeeds. Chapman's rise to fame represents a real threat to them.