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Tancredo Slams Administration for Arrest of Bounty Hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman
tancredo.house.gov ^ | 09/15/2006 | Carlos Espinosa

Posted on 09/15/2006 1:18:49 PM PDT by NapkinUser

Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) criticized Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a letter to the Justice Department in the wake of media reports yesterday that the U.S. Marshals raided the Hawaii home of Duane “Dog” Chapman at the direction of the Mexican government.

A spokeswoman for the Marshals Office confirmed yesterday that an arrest warrant was signed Wednesday by a federal magistrate in Hawaii at the urging of the administration. Chapman could now be extradited to to face criminal charges for successfully capturing Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Puerto Vallarta in 2003. Luster, who was wanted in the for rape is now serving a 124-year sentence.

“This Administration routinely tells Congress that they cannot secure our borders and immigration system due to a lack of resources. We are told that the U.S. Attorneys offices in Border States are simply overwhelmed with cases and cannot prosecute all the violations – even serious ones,” said Tancredo.

“Somehow this administration has plenty of time to track down a Mexican drug smuggler and give him immunity so he can testify against our Border Patrol agents,” said Tancredo referring to the prosecution of two Border Patrol agents facing 20 years in prison for wounding a Mexican smuggler during the course of their normal duties earlier this year.

“Americans are apparently supposed to happily accept presence the roughly 100,000 criminal aliens inside our borders – a number that is growing every year – while the Marshals use their resources to track down ‘Dog’ Chapman on orders from a foreign master for successfully brining a convicted rapist to justice.”

“It is becoming increasingly clear that the real problem with this administrations inability to address the failures of U.S. border security policy is not so much a lack of resources as it is one of misplaced priorities,” concluded Tancredo, “I’m beginning to wonder who is in charge of prioritizing assignments at DOJ. Is it this administration – or the one in Mexico City ?”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; criminal; dogthebountyhunter; immigrantlist; immigration; mexico; mullets; tancredo; tancredopublicitydog; tomtancredo
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To: navyblue

in jail in Mexico, waiting to be extradited since february.

http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/ep060224arrest.html


281 posted on 09/15/2006 6:16:41 PM PDT by waiver
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To: Proudly Republican
Right. Does everyone on earth not know that the Mexican government is hopelessly corrupt? There is no justice in Mexico. And if something else were not involved, it would not have taken the federales so long to pull this off. Dog has been the most highly-rated show on A&E for 3 years. What does that tell you? It should tell you that this is beind-the-scenes politics. The question you should be asking is why? And why now? Personally, I vote that we offer a trade: Dog, Tim and Leeland for, let's say, 10,000 illegal immigrants that Mexico can have back.

Uh so what. Chapman if convicted in Mexico for help in capturing scumbag Luster could have used the publicity to free himself, but he didn't, he was a coward and decided to skip bail.

282 posted on 09/15/2006 6:22:22 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Real Cynic No More
The Mexican government refused our requests to extradite a violent rapist

They did extradite the guy, and he's now in a California prison. Are you just not paying attention?

283 posted on 09/15/2006 6:42:11 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: NapkinUser

Just wait until the 'Rats have control. They would have sent in the ATF and went Waco on Dog just to scare gun owners. Also, they would send the ATF after all CCW permit holders.


284 posted on 09/15/2006 7:09:15 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: Kimberly GG

It is the same reason that Bush ignores Russia's and China's dealings with Iran and the rest of the Axis of Evil. He does not want to cause trouble. Also, the MSM would eat him alive (Think Elian Gonzalez times one Million) if he tries to move on immigration issues.


285 posted on 09/15/2006 7:11:47 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: PRND21

Do we co-operate withe law enforcement in North Korea and Iran and Cuba and such? Mexico is not our friend. We should not co-operate with our enemies. They don't act in our best interests. Period.


286 posted on 09/15/2006 7:18:00 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: A CA Guy; sinkspur
What would be your opinion for Bush wanting Hillary to follow him into office? He seems to be a Christian person and based on that alone I think having a Clinton back in office would be repugnant to him.

Apparently it goes back to eighties. Some 'unusual source' funding for the guided collapse of the USSR required both parties to look away. I don't have all of the details, and I'm certain only a few have the complete picture. Compartmentalization and all that.

The usual suspects will be along shortly to yell "Tinfoil Hat Stuff", but they weren't there.

287 posted on 09/15/2006 7:35:00 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: NapkinUser
Someone please tell me that this rant is simply hyperbole, because otherwise it is screamingly outrageous.
288 posted on 09/15/2006 7:46:50 PM PDT by AnnaZ (I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Also, I wonder if they will send U.S. citizens back to face the death penalty, just not their own citizens?

Good question. Right now in Oregon, our State Supreme Court is hearing a death penalty case concerning an A-H who murdered his family. He was brought back from Mexico. The appellant is saying he was tricked into signing away his rights to stay in Mexico.

289 posted on 09/15/2006 7:47:05 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: NurdlyPeon

THere is no evidence that the request was recent, or acted on quickly. Dog was arrested back in 2003, so for all I know the mexican government made this request months ago.

According to the news reports, Luster was using an alias and a fake ID in mexico. So it could well be nobody down there actually KNEW who he was. I also don't doubt they didn't CARE who he was -- but that's a far cry from suggesting that Mexico refused to return him to the country, when the fact is that the government never refused to return him, and in fact returned him within a day of arresting him.


290 posted on 09/15/2006 7:49:08 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: EricT.

I don't put mexican laws "up there". I put valid U.S. Signed treaties up there, as they ARE U.S. laws. We have a valid treaty of extradition, and we are operating under that treaty, which has the force of U.S. law.

It remains to be seen if Dog will actually be extradited. But taking him into custody was the appropriate action under U.S. law.


291 posted on 09/15/2006 7:50:54 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: PRND21

The only hypocrites are you and the pro-illegal/Hispanic lobby.


292 posted on 09/15/2006 7:52:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Wolfstar
a favorite of a relatively small percentage of the Republican electorate.

That must explain why his book is #3 on the New York Times' best seller list this week.

293 posted on 09/15/2006 7:58:45 PM PDT by Pelham (McGuestWorkerProgram- Soon to serve over 1 billion immigrants)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
I doubt that any of us will ever really know enough of the details to form any kind of an informed opinion on all of this (damn it all). Anyway, it was a good chat. :-)
294 posted on 09/15/2006 8:03:34 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Wearing My 'Jammies Proudly)
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To: Marine Inspector
Considering part of what you posted was an out right lie, I'll leave it!

An opinion cannot be a lie, moron. Merriam-Webster defines "opinion" as:

1 a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter
2 belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge

Opinions are formed on the basis of input from sources external to the individual. In the case of Tancredo, my opinion of him is based on what I hear him say on talk radio here in the L.A. market, plus articles posted about him here on FR. As I said, I do not and never have looked at his website.

A lie is a deliberate attempt to deceive. Get back to me when you learn the difference between an opinion and a lie.

295 posted on 09/15/2006 8:07:18 PM PDT by Wolfstar
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To: NapkinUser
As I recall the story, the Mexican authorities released Chapman because the Mexican people demanded it. Luster had been convicted in the US of drugging women, and video taping himself as he raped their unconscious bodies. When they searched the place he lived in Mexico, they found he had drugs and video equipment. Obviously, he was planning to continue his crimes in Mexico. To the Mexican people, Chapman is a hero, who captured a dangerous criminal before he could commit any crimes against Mexican women.
296 posted on 09/15/2006 8:16:06 PM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: PRND21

In a corrupt land ruled by the political puppets of the drug lords of the cartel, American bounty hunters are as popular as vampire hunters in Transylvania. Dog didn't break U.S. laws - and Tancredo is properly speaking up on behalf of a fellow U.S. citizen pursued by a corrupt foreign government. This is more than can be said for you.


297 posted on 09/15/2006 8:19:13 PM PDT by Howard Jarvis Admirer (Howard Jarvis, the foe of the tax collector and friend of the California homeowner)
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To: Pelham
That must explain why his book is #3 on the New York Times' best seller list this week.

First of all, you really should learn to read what a person actually posts. I was referring to Tancredo, not Buchanan, and to votes, not books. (Yep, the latter's latest tome is #3 on NYT hardcover non-fiction list.)

Secondly, being on the NYT bestseller list sounds more prestigious than it actually is in relation to physical sales. The NYT list is not based upon actual sales figures, but instead upon surveys of a selected pool of booksellers. Similar to payola in the music industry, slick marketing techniques are used to push books to the top of the NYT list.

The Wall Street Journal's best-seller's list, on the other hand, reflects actual nationwide sales of hardcover books [during week ending Saturdays] at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. As of today, Buchanan's book doesn't even make their top 15. Here's a link.

So to return to what I actually wrote:

Tancredo, like Buchanan before him, is a favorite of a relatively small percentage of the Republican electorate.

Pat Buchanan got what percentage of the nationwide primary vote in his presidential runs? Hmmmmm?

298 posted on 09/15/2006 8:43:55 PM PDT by Wolfstar
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The Administration has reached a new low!!!!!!!!!!!!


299 posted on 09/15/2006 9:02:53 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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To: Howard Jarvis Admirer

Amen!


300 posted on 09/15/2006 9:17:54 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
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