MSNBC just this afternoon broke the news that Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of the Dog the Bounty Hunter reality show on A&E, was arrested in at his home by United States Marshals for an extradition hearing to Mexico. Mexican authorities are requesting that Chapman be extradited for kidnapping charges related to Chapman's capture of Andrew Luster.[Update: Chapman, his brother, Tim, and son, Leland were apprehended
Luster is a Max Factor heir, and when Dog first caught him in 2003, Dog spent three days in a Mexican jail over the incident. Dog the Bounty Hunter was in the midst of producing its fourth season during this most recent arrest. Luster is currently serving time on three rape convictions.]
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Lawsuit file against Dog the Bounty Hunter












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
9-14-2006 @ 3:47PM
Emily said...
Okay - am I understanding this right? Mexico is insisting on "Dog" being charged for removing a rapist from their country?
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9-14-2006 @ 4:21PM
Monica said...
I agree with emily as well, and if bounty hunting was illegal wouldnt the police from mexico give dog the bounty hunter notice of this or no? So not only is he in jail for this but so shouldnt be officials who didnt state the rules at hand. I do not think this is right at all, I think that Dog the bounty hunter and his family do what is right, and he shouldnt be arrested for taking care of a person who commits crimes anywhere...
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9-14-2006 @ 4:29PM
Mike said...
I agree 100% with Emily and Monica. Is Mexico supporting the rapists, murderers and other felons by this law? You be the judge!
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9-14-2006 @ 4:38PM
Sharon said...
I agree with all of you. He was doing what was right.
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9-14-2006 @ 5:08PM
Craig said...
As a Fugitive Recovery Agent I may not always like the way "Dog" operates but I also know that Luster would have avoided facing charges otherwise. I may not agree with his actions but I agree with the results. Luster deserves everything the law would allow. I think the Mexican government is pushing this for some other reason. Who knows why? I'm sure that "Dog" will be back home in short order. I also wouldn't be suprised if A&E doesn't have their lawyers waiting for him when he arrives.
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9-14-2006 @ 5:10PM
erroneous_nick said...
I agree with all the above comments.
And how ridiculous is it that a country which openly supports the illegal crossing of the USA/Mexico border into our country insist on any law being upheld on their behalf?
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9-14-2006 @ 6:09PM
elf said...
For all of the respondants above, how would you feel if a Mexican citizen came to the United States in pursuit of another Mexican citizen and broke American laws in the process? There are rules and laws to follow in the extradition process and the enforcement of those laws is not flexible based on the seriousness of the crime the pursued is accused of committing. If Mexican officials did not commit sufficient resources to catch Luster on their own, knowing that he was a legitimate threat to the safety of Mexican citizens, then it's on the Mexican government's heads if Luster were to strike again.
Luster is now behind bars and having known more than my share of women who've been raped, there's nobody happier that he's incarcerated than I am. But let's just change a few details in the story and look at it a different way. What if it were Chinese bounty hunters that came to America to abduct an escaped Chinese prisoner. Should the Chinese bounty hunters have free reign to do as they wish on American soil in pursuit of their prey? If those bounty hunters broke any Americaa laws I guarantee you'd be calling for their heads to be arrested and had they returned to China without being arrested, to be extradited to the United States for trial.
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9-14-2006 @ 6:47PM
Kris said...
This is rubbish. Absolute rubbish. The Mexican government is almost as unbelievable as our own. The US Marshals office claims they didn’t know where Andrew Luster was. So instead of a thank you for the assist, they storm Dog's home in the early morning hours. They know full well where Roman Polanski is, and they do nothing. He is still being offered Academy Awards. Dog did something and he is being arrested three years later. He arrested a rapist and turned him in to the Mexican authorities. Then they promptly arrested Dog and associates. If Andrew Luster’s rights had been so violated why didn’t they release him on the spot? If his arrest and detention were illegal, why was he not released immediately? The Thai government threw Karr out as an undesirable person. Mexico waits three years then prosecutes the captor. Until now I have disagreed with the border policy changes. I thought they were too much too fast. Now I hope they build a wall forty feet high. Maybe if the Mexican government were more concerned with the issues that force these people to flee, illegally and very dangerously, they will be too busy to make an example of someone that gets up and serves his community every day.
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9-14-2006 @ 10:21PM
harvey books said...
at a boy , mexico will hold him hostage and we handed him over, at a boy u.s.a. they`re using this to get back at us , what we should have done is just given them the one finger salute and about 100,000 of thier criminals back. the guy had money and in mexico thats a get out of jail free card, i guess some poo0r federally`s had to go without a new car this past 3 years. when is america going to learn,?
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9-14-2006 @ 10:29PM
donald wackerly said...
The abuse allowed these people(bounty hunters) is beyond belief,,with little or no education and no morals they can exercise authority forbidden real law enforcement people..its ludicrous,,,
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9-14-2006 @ 11:29PM
Crystal said...
It's all a crock! Dog has helped hundreds of people, and is a good person. The fact that the United States wants to lay down and take it from Mexico on this just proves how overly F***ed up our own goverment is. He's a US FREAKING CITIZEN, he has rights, and to think his children were home. What about Leland's kids? Did they get to see daddy being dragged out in the same handcuffs he uses. What kind of image is that for a child???
I for one, am all for the Chapmans and their work, and as one of thier fans will stand behind them and send them my prayers during this extremely troubling time.
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9-14-2006 @ 11:51PM
Tim said...
I say the Feds are just jealous that DOG got the man before they could go through the government red-tape Bulls**t. If there is any real justice in this corrupt society we have had to put up with for years (thanks to the greedy, corrupt government, its agencies, & money hungry businesses) then they should send the millions of illegals aliens back to Mexico and let us keep DOG!
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9-15-2006 @ 2:21AM
Richard said...
Tragedy! The Dog did a good job getting rid of a rapist and now 3 years later Mexico is upset! I hope he is free soon.
Mexico is never upset when their citizens, illegallly in the USA, commit crimes as long as they send some money back to Mexico!
The USA government is cooperating with Mexico because the wealthy corporate farmers want cheap Mexican labor that comes across the border illegaly to work for peanuts so the rich corporate farmers do not have to pay legal wages! Naturally the rich corporate farmers then claim no American wants the jobs they offer at slave labor wages!
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9-15-2006 @ 2:34AM
Joseph said...
Many Hawaiians are sleeping safely tonite braaaah
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9-15-2006 @ 7:27AM
LC said...
I find it humorous that while the Mexican government chastises us for wanting to enforce our laws in sending back their own citizens for breaking our laws by entering our country illegally, they in turn want to prosecute someone for breaking their law by taking an American fugitive out of their country.
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9-15-2006 @ 7:44AM
Amy said...
If you read a complete article about this, you would know that this did not happen just because he broke their bounty hunting law. HE JUMPED BAIL!!! Do you all realize this?
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9-15-2006 @ 7:59AM
T said...
This is absolutely absurd. Is it not ironic that the Mexican goverment can't or won't capture their own "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS" coming over the border. Then once their over here they break the law on a daily basis. The take our jobs and we have to conform to speaking their language instead of them learning to speak ours. Go figure!!! What's the world coming to? I say "GO DOG AND YOUR FAMILY"
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9-15-2006 @ 8:01AM
Amy said...
Please guys, don't miss out on the joke here. It really is quite funny, considering that he makes his living hunting people who jump bail. The charges related to the actual fugitive capture could have been taken care of three years ago when it happened. All he had to do was go back to Mexico and sit through his court sessions there but instead what does he do? HE JUMPS BAIL!!!!!!!
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9-15-2006 @ 8:04AM
Al Piccirillo said...
In this case, we should give Dog a metal for taking that chance and bringing back Luster who already had a prison sentence. If we extradite Dog to Mexico, he and his son and brother with suffer dearly. Mexico has some of the worst prisons in the world. If you're not Mexican in their prisons, you can die. The conditions in Mexican prisons is unspeakable.
The Mexican justice system is even worse. Do and his friends will need all the intervention he can get NOW. If he has some real money saved from his shows, that could really help. You can just about buy anything in Mexico for a price. Do is too old to be in jail. If they went to prison, I do not think the Mexican gansters in the prisons would like Dog simply because he's a Bounty Hunter and he's anti criminals. There all criminals and killers and will kill him in prison. I know Dog is a bad ass and he has his son and brother, but the Mexican gansters in Mexican prisons will well out number them. It's all about numbers in prison. In prison, you can be the meanist dude in the world and die because your alone. He does not seem like the type to seek protective custody where all you do is sit in a 6 by 10 ft. cell.
I feel real bad about all this. I am a disabled army ranger from the Vietnam war. I am also a leading professional in criminals appeals. I have done work in cases like this.
I wish I could offer some real help here. However, Dog need to get all the money and backing he can to take this head on before a conviction. In Mexico, they'll detain them in prison before their trial which can take years. There is no due process there.
The only chance he may have is Mexico not liking the idea that convicted rapests are hidding in their country. I would push on that note to Mexican authorities. Dog took a convicted serial rapest out of their county. He did them a favor. Maybe propose paying them a BIG fine and promise never to come back to Mexico. They would love some money.
I am keeping my eye on this. Wish I could help.
Al Piccirillo
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9-15-2006 @ 8:26AM
Becky said...
Well, all I have to say is that it's a shame that our own US Marshalls would grab up Dog and take him to some country with which the US is at odds because of the illegal aliens. And, why wasn't this fixed 3 years ago when it first happened. And, I fully agree with the commenter above ... Mexico should be proud that he removed a rapist from their country. How insane is this whole mess. Bounty hunting in Mexico is illegal because they harbor nothing but a bunch of crooks anyhow. I guess they wanted to keep Luster because "birds of a feather flock together"! Insane!
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