[Mr. Mojo]

in a country that considers their profession little better than kidnapping.

Yeah, the Mexican gov't sure is an ethical, upstanding bunch. </ sarcasm>

[firewalk]

bttt

[Imal]

It's also "illegal" to just be an American standing around in Mexico, subject to a fine of whatever you have in your pocket, payable to the "arresting officer" on the spot.

This is just another such shakedown, and Mr. Chapman should have known better than to have -any- contact with "local authorities" there, who are nothing more than the modern equivalent of the pirates on Mexico's Barbary Coast. He can expect some hefty fines if he doesn't want to spend time in a Mexican jail (the western hemisphere's equivalent of a Turkish prison), while Mr. Luster the Rapist can expect to be let go after he finds a way to funnel some money into the right pockets.

And that is why I never go there: I know too many people that have.

Meanwhile, Mr. Luster has been demonstrated to have fled the U.S. to avoid imprisonment, a federal crime. Where is the FBI in this case?

[OREALLY]

I read another article that there was evidence that Luster was already planning a raping binge on Mexican woman...Dog should get a medal from the Mexican Government...but it is Mexican policy to suck every dime they can out of Americans.

My husband and I checked out retiring in Mexico and we were shocked by the incrediable financial requirements for American retires' to live there...I wish our country would follow Mexico's policy ! That would leave out 99% of Mexicans that came to our country 'legally'...

[Servant of the Nine]

There will be some Argle Bargle about "sovereignty", but the way it is gonna work out is obvious from the speed with which they sent Luster back.
In a week or so the bounty hunters will pay less than $10,000 in fines and promise never to do it again and be sent home.

So9

[Tacis]

You always have to view Mexican corruption from the big picture. Presidente Fox gets a cut of even the smallest bribe or payoff in Mexico. He has many PANistas to support and needs the cash.

Under the guise of protecting Mexican nationals in Mexico from gringos, he gets protection money from all the wetbacks who have murdered people in the US and ducked back across the border for protection.

If Fox lets Chapman get away with this raid, every Mexican murderer/criminal will be subject to the same risk despite his payments to Fox. Not only murderers, but all those folks who were in accidents while uninsured and all those folks who make a good living stealing cars in the US and selling them in Mexico (cut to Fox, of course). No, Fox can't afford to let Yankee justice operate in Mexico, it'd cut too deep into his profits.

[John Beresford Tipton]

"the Max Factor heir"

There used to me a TV commercial for a competing brand of cosmetics called "Coty." It's spokesperson was a model in a large hat, she was called "The Coty Girl."

When they discontinued the ad the joke was:

"Do you know what happened to the Coty Girl"?
"Max Factor."