Dog the Bounty Hunter Fan

I am a huge fan of the A&E show Dog the Bounty Hunter. For me the main appeal of the program is the sincere concern that Duane "Dog" Chapman shows for the folks that he picks up. He believes that everyone deserves a second chance and that is what he tries to pass on to these people.

Dog was responsible for the capture and later arrest in Mexico of Andrew Luster, the grandson of Max Factor, about 3 years ago. Luster was convicted of brutally raping over 80 women. He was convicted in absentia (he wasn't present for the conviction) because he fled the country during his trial. I found a website that said Luster wasn't guilty.... even though he video taped the rapes showing the women as drugged, non-willing participants and from what I understand he taped some of the more brutal scenes of his acts.

Anyway, Dog found the guy, he was brought back to the US and sentenced to 124 years.

Now, 3 years later, Dog and his assistants are arrested by U.S. Marshall's on warrants from Mexico charged with conspiracy and illegal detention. What it comes down to is that there are no extraditions out of Mexico!!!!!

How many women did this kook Luster rape while he was down there? After Dog found him and his hotel room was searched, the authorities found a notebook with a list of witnesses at his trial that he was 'going to get even with.' So if Dog had not found this man he would have come back to the U.S. and possibly killed innocent people.... and now Dog is the bad guy. I read an article that said the FBI was right behind Dog, it seems like the FBI is always a day late and a dollar short.

Dog did do some time after he picked Luster up 3 years ago down in Mexico, he had to bond out of jail and was told that he did not need to worry about any of this that it would not affect him unless he came back into Mexico.


This infuriates me. I feel pretty certain that the bad guys know this information and run to Mexico knowing that they cannot be brought back to the U.S. and held responsible for their actions.

With all of the current hoopla over illegal immigrants from Mexico, educating their children and NAFTA our Presidential Administration needs to get involved in this and tell Mexico to kiss our ass.

This is just irresponsible. From this date forward I will not knowingly purchase any item that I know has been made in Mexico nor will I do business with any company with offices in Mexico. I see this as aiding and abetting in a crime and I will not have any part of it.

I am going to contact my Congress people and ask them to discuss Dog's plight with the Congress person from Hawaii to see what can be done to help out this compassionate man and his associates.

Here are a couple of links so that you can get some background on the case and you really need to watch Dog the Bounty Hunter to see for yourself the good that one person can do.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1158398821595W643
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/18/luster/