HONOLULU — TV bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman cannot be extradited to Mexico to face criminal charges in his capture of fugitive serial rapist Andrew Luster in 2003, a three-judge panel in Mexico has ruled.
The unanimous ruling was handed down Tuesday. Chapman, his son Leland Chapman and associate Tim Chapman faced being sent to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, where they captured Luster, who had jumped a $1 million bond on charges that he drugged and raped three women.
“He’s a free man,” Chapman’s attorney, James Quadra, said Tuesday. “They can’t reinstate any criminal charges.”
Luster’s disappearance during his trial in California set off a manhunt by bounty hunters trying to recoup some of the bond money. After his capture, he was taken back to the U.S. to serve a 124-year prison sentence.
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