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Case of bounty hunter who caught Ventura man is cleared for now { Duane "Dog" Chapman }
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/2/7

Posted on 08/02/2007 2:53:07 PM PDT by SmithL

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican judge has ruled to close the criminal case against bounty hunter and TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman, but state prosecutors have appealed the decision, officials said Thursday.

In the July 27 ruling, Judge Jose Alberto Montes ruled the statute of limitations had expired on the case, said Guillermo Diaz, assistant prosecutor for the state of Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is located.

Chapman was arrested in September by U.S. authorities on a Mexican warrant stemming from his 2003 capture of fugitive convicted rapist and Max Factor cosmetics heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta.

Luster jumped a $1 million bond and disappeared during his trial in Ventura, Calif., on charges that he drugged and raped three women. The disappearance set off a national and international manhunt by police, FBI and bounty hunters trying to recoup some of the bond money. Luster is now serving a 124-year prison term.

Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.

State prosecutors, however, want to continue pursuing Mexico's request to have Chapman extradited,

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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1 posted on 08/02/2007 2:53:12 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Go Dog!........


2 posted on 08/02/2007 2:55:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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To: SmithL

Good news!


3 posted on 08/02/2007 2:55:26 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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To: SmithL

I’m sure it’s perfectly legal for Mexicans to be bounty hunters in that country, looking for fugitives.


4 posted on 08/02/2007 2:55:38 PM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: SmithL

One MEAN dude!

5 posted on 08/02/2007 2:57:23 PM PDT by JOE6PAK (blithering intellectual.)
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To: JOE6PAK

Good..I’m glad hes off their radar for now. Even though he’s a colorful character, I like Dog. I think that if he actually gets these people back on the straight and narrow, then he’s doing a good thing.

And I don’t for a minute think there’s a mean bone in his body. Maybe he’s trying to atone for his past sins.


6 posted on 08/02/2007 2:59:38 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: SmithL

7 posted on 08/02/2007 2:59:49 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: wastedyears

Actually it’s not. The US is one of the few countries with legalized bounty hunting, and the only one in North America.


8 posted on 08/02/2007 3:01:53 PM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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Go Dog...I’m so glad to hear the news!!


9 posted on 08/02/2007 3:02:39 PM PDT by aimee5291
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To: SmithL
Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.

But Mexico promoting illegal entry into the US is not.

10 posted on 08/02/2007 3:06:03 PM PDT by Screamname (Guinness world records reports that the record for youngest living person is constantly being broken)
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To: discostu

Oh

Well Mexico can kiss my butt.

Who’s up for a stealth incursion into Mexico?!


11 posted on 08/02/2007 3:07:36 PM PDT by wastedyears (Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime)
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To: Red Badger

Ahhh you beat me to it. :) Ditto though.


12 posted on 08/02/2007 3:08:55 PM PDT by cubreporter ( Rush has done more for our country from where he sits than anyone will ever know.)
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To: wastedyears

Canada doesn’t like citizens hunting down citizens for money either. It’s actually pretty rare for countries to approve of bounty hunting, it is kind of a weird practice.


13 posted on 08/02/2007 3:09:27 PM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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To: discostu
Canada doesn’t like citizens hunting down citizens for money either. It’s actually pretty rare for countries to approve of bounty hunting, it is kind of a weird practice.

However, that's exactly the way Ron Paul proposes to fight the war on terrorists.

14 posted on 08/02/2007 3:11:07 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Riptides

We have 20 million of their people here............And they want Dog..............I don’t think so............


16 posted on 08/02/2007 3:12:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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To: SmithL

Dog better watch his back for Johnny Sutton. Johnny reports to the Mexican Gov’t.


17 posted on 08/02/2007 3:13:09 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: Screamname

I found it amazing beyond belief that Mexico had any objections to Dog bringing this dirtbag in. You’d think they’d be glad to be rid of him no matter who took him down.

Hooray for the Dog!


18 posted on 08/02/2007 3:14:01 PM PDT by Califreak
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To: Dog Gone

Letters or marque are a little different, because your citizens are largely going to be hunting non-citizens. Though there are a lot of similarities. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it is kind of weird for a basically unlicensed untrained person (some states have serious licensing requirements for bounty hunters, most don’t) to be empowered to go get somebody and haul them to court with no real paperwork or extradition or anything.


19 posted on 08/02/2007 3:15:29 PM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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To: SmithL
Funny thing: my wife saw Dog's wife in a bit of a road rage thing a week or so ago. Some guy in a pickup chasing her through traffic until a bike cop showed up and the guy took off.

Seems like Dog's wife is not the best person to be chasing/harassing.......although the local grapevine has it that she is a royal female canine, so might have provoked the guy. Hawaiians are like that.

20 posted on 08/02/2007 3:18:31 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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