Duane 'Dog' Chapman Says Feds Sold Him Out to Mexico in Exchange for Drug Lord

Fox News ^ | 19 September 2006

[Hal1950]

Mexico - where bounty hunting is illegal - claims Chapman jumped bail after being charged with illegally detaining Luster in June 2003.

A new special about last week's arrest will air tonight (10 p.m.) on A&E.

Chapman, who is out on $300,000 bail, said on yesterday's "Today" show that if he goes to prison in Mexico, he will be killed by inmates avenging the thousands of fleeing felons he's brought to justice.

"I won't last two days," he said.

[sockmonkey]

Duane 'Dog' Chapman Says Feds Sold Him Out to Mexico in Exchange for Drug Lord

That was my first thought, but then I thought it sounded too crazy. Maybe it's so crazy, it's true.

[RGSpincich]

FREE DOG!!

[Toby06]

Chapman, who is out on $300,000 bail,

I'll bet his wife wrote the bond.

[antceecee]

No matter how you feel about Mr. Chapman, this is just WRONG!!!!

[Sawdring]

What if you don't feel anything for him?

[Dog Gone]

f he goes to prison in Mexico, he will be killed by inmates avenging the thousands of fleeing felons he's brought to justice.

Well, unless they were Mexicans he brought to Mexican prisons, I doubt they care much about who he captured.

And thousands? Really?

[taxesareforever]

This was exactly my first thought when I heard that Mexico had turned a drug lord over to the U.S. Sometimes our government can be so despicable. Even the current party in power.

[Darteaus94025]

A Socialist government must destroy the free and the brave.

[cripplecreek]

Mexico is looking for a big payout and Chapman can afford it. It's a crappy deal but it is what it is.

[antceecee]

That's your business.
I don't agree with the actions of our government in this case. The entire affair smells of back room deals and the war on drugs. From what I understand this man actually apprehends creeps who try to escape justice. Putting away a POS rapist makes him a hero in my book.
You don't have to feel anything, but wait until it happens to someone you do have feelings for.
This sets a precedent.
A bad precedent.

[antceecee]

I think you nailed it.

[Viking2002]

I don't buy it. Bush is already in dutch with his base over his limp-wang approach to the border problem. Dog could make a very high-profile stink about a sell-out, and if there was fire behind the smoke this close to an election, Bush would face an insurrection in his own party. He's too smart to let a Democrat-controlled Congress come to power with their witch hunts and impeachment sabres rattling. He'd go from lame duck to dead duck, politically. If the feds were pulling a 'scratch-my-back-and-I'll-scratch-yours' exchange, I don't think anybody at 1601 Penn was aware in advance.

[southernerwithanattitude]

I would guess you normally sympathize with criminals.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There's no payout. If Chapman doesn't show, a warrant for his arrest will result and he'll forfeit the $300 K until he'd behind bars in Mexico.

[Boazo]

Leave the Dog alone.

[I still care]

Thousands. I saw a figure of 6000 at one time.

[montag813]

Mexico is looking for a big payout and Chapman can afford it. It's a crappy deal but it is what it is.

Mexico is a criminal regime and we should have no part of this. And this "drug lord" is about as valuable as the "#3 Al Queda" guys we constantly capture or kill. Mexico would NEVER give us anyone of serious value. The guys who now run the Meth trade in the United States are in Mexico living comfortably, paying the government a handsome stipend and will never be touched, no matter what we say or do.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

The payout is, Dog is now a rich guy, and Mexico's justice system is notoriously corrupt - no doubt there are a lot of palms waiting to be greased in Mexico to get Dog out of this jam.