My, my, aren't we righteous. You can't see a set-up right in front of your face?
Chapman said a Mexican policeman helped him with the collar. If bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, the policeman should have told him, and the policeman should also be facing charges.
Let's hope you never have a misunderstanding with a police officer and try to explain yourself and end up "resisting arrest." It's a slippery slope that can happen to anyone.
From 6 Aug AP..."The bounty hunter who captured convicted rapist Andrew Luster in Mexico won't receive any of the $1 million bail the fugitive Max Factor heir forfeited when he vanished during his trial, a judge ruled. Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman was not entitled to any share of the money because he was acting on his own and not as a legally authorized bail recovery agent when he snatched Luster off a street in Puerto Vallarta on June 18, Superior Court Judge Edward Brodie ruled Tuesday.". It further states..."Chapman, his son and brother were charged by Mexican authorities with illegally capturing Luster. The three, who were arrested with the fugitive after passers-by reported a scuffle, returned to the United States after posting bail of their own." Reading further ""He went to Mexico and failed to comply with the law. I cannot condone vigilante justice," Brodie said of Chapman. The law requires that bounty hunters have a formal agreement with the bail bond agent or law enforcement, have a clean criminal record and follow local laws when they search for felons. Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico."
Chapman went to Mexico for two reasons...Money and publicity. He got instead the publicity and arrested then proceeded to jump bail. The only real ending to this would have been another bounty hunter making the collar of Chapman and sons and televising the video...guess you could have called the show "Dog Catcher".