Hi my name is Kunokine and I am new to this site..

I do love bikes although I do not have one.. I know many who do..

I guess you can say I came here with a agenda and wanted to know if I would be welcomed..

I am curious as to how many are fully aware of the situation with Duane Dog Chapman and his crew and who are supporters of his freedom and not extradition to Mexico..

If anyone has any questions or replies, please let me know..

Thank you again

 

Of course your welcome here. Just because you don't own a bike does not mean that you can't be a biker at heart. As for Dog I'm sure that I don't know all of the facts. I do suspect that the mexican govenment just want him back since he became famous.

Again, welcome to the site.

 

Hi Heavy Duty,

Thank you very much for your welcome..

I am a biker at heart, have been on the back of many as well..

The reason I have zeroed in on this site is the Dog himself was a Harley dude, who ran with a bunch of trouble makers (to put in nicely), and at the Chopper Expo in NJ this past weekend, he was a guest, which was scheduled prior to the mess the Govt. has caused for him..

Anyways, I thought that since he was welcomed to the Expo that there may be a forum on biker sites, where I could have the opportunity to provide information regarding this travesty of Justice.. and some of you fellow bikers would want to support him..

Let me know where I this site I should post something as such, and how do I find out if anyone on here is in support of this issue?

We must stop this request from the Mexican Govt. to extradite him, for a misdemeanor crime... which has a sentence of 6 months to 4 years, this would be for when he arrested the notorious Andrew Stuart Luster, who brutally raped 3 women (86 counts total) and was convicted, and indicted in absentia since he had already fled to Mexico.. This sentence could include starvation, torture and possibly death for Dog, his 28 year old son Leland and close friend and colleague Tim..
It is preposterous that the US will kneel down to Mexico in this issue when there are worse criminals of their here and vice a versa that no one in either Govt. is doing anything about.. but they arrest Dog, why?? They see $$$ associated with him and not with the other criminals..

I have tons of articles and proof to back all this up..

Give me a lead, what should I do with it here on this site..

And thanks again for you warm welcome..

 

well this is not on biker topic, but welcome
Dog knew bounty hunters can't go to mexico
even to get scum like a serial rapist like Luster.
but they have been since the wild west days
best I could do is have you contact their web site
and maybe his attorney might contact you
http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/fa...FreeTheDog.php

I am hoping to take bike down mexico way to Rocky Point or AKA
Puerto Penascot some time in future better dust off that passport,so I can get back in U.S.

 

I know all abot that site, as I am on a team of a handful of people from the US and Canada working on this campaign with direct contact from Beth and her legal team, I have personally spoken to Brook Hart (attorney for Dog)..
I was hoping to find support here, since Dog was present at a Chopper Expo in NJ this on the 30th.. I thought I could find further support from fellow bikers..

If I told you this was a misdemeanor crime in Mexico and it has taken 3 years to arrest him and that the warrant was due to expire in 29 days and that Mexico has a new President, would any of this make you feel as if there is another motive on the part of Mexico?? Such as $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Dog is a bargaining chip and I do not think the US Govt, should put any American's in that position..

 

Oct 10, 2006 3:24 pm US/Mountain
Tancredo Fights Extradition Of 'Dog' Chapman
(CBS4) WASHINGTON Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo is urging Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to extradite bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman to Mexico.In September, United States marshals arrested Chapman and the two men whohelped him track down a fugitive in Mexico.
Chapman and the men found Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico in June 2003. Luster disappeared during his rape and poisoning trial. Luster was convicted of 86 counts of drugging and assaulting women in his absence.
Chapman received a tip about Luster's whereabouts in Mexico. He said he was accompanied by a local Mexican police officer and he was in communication with American officials about his search for Luster while in Mexico.
Chapman did find Luster and took him into custody on June 18, 2003.
Chapman said his police escort did not meet him at a Mexican jail, Mexican authorities said Chapman refused to turn over Luster.
Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico, and Mexican authorities then filed charges of deprivation of freedom and conspiracy against Chapman and the two others.
A judge in Hawaii signed on arrest warrant on those charges in September. That's when Chapman was arrested.
An extradition hearing is set for November; that is why Rep. Tancredo is asking Secretary Rice to get involved now. In a letter signed by 29 members of Congress Tancredo is urging Rice to deny the extradition request.
In it, Tancredo said the judge dismissed the charge which would allow Mexico to extradite Chapman.
Tancredo wrote that it makes no sense for the Mexican authorities to go forward with the case.
"Thanks to Mr. Chapman, Luster is now serving a 124 year sentence," Tancredo wrote.
"It seems that Mexican authorities are pressing this case only because they are so stung by the embarrassment of failure where Mr. Chapman succeeded," wrote Tancredo.
Chapman lived in Tancredo's Colorado district and ran his bounty hunting business out of Edgewater for some time.
The bounty hunter also said he received requests to get involved in the search for Raul Gomez-Garcia, the man who shot and killed Denver Police Detective Donnie Young. Chapman said he would not get involved unless specifically asked by police.
He now lives in Hawaii, where he is being held under house arrest until that extradition.
The flurry of legal activity in the case comes just the terms of limitations on prosecuting Chapman is about to expire.
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• To read all of Rep. Tancredo's letter, visit http://tancredo.house.gov.

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10/12/06
By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
October 12, 2006

When he learned that Rep. Tom Tancredo came to his defense, burly bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman reacted in a way one wouldn't expect.
"I cry easy, so to tell you I cried doesn't tell you very much," Chapman said in a telephone interview from his home in Hawaii.

Tancredo is leader of the "Set the Dog Free" movement in Congress. He and 29 other Republican congressmen have signed a letter asking Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to block Chapman's pending extradition to Mexico.

"Colorado is our home, bro. We've done a lot of work there. I thought most of my friends were gone. It's proven today that they're not," Chapman said.

Chapman, a Denver native, launched a bail bond and bounty-hunting business in Colorado in 1980. After some high-profile arrests of fugitives, he gained national fame as host of the A&E network's reality show, Dog The Bounty Hunter.

Now, Mexico wants him extradited there. He was arrested last month, along with two of his colleagues, on a charge of illegal detention and conspiracy, the Associated Press reported. The charge stems from his capture of convicted rapist Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir, on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Chapman's case has become a cause celebre on the Internet, with a "Set the Dog Free" anthem and an official Web site, www.dogthebountyhunter.com/main.php.

Tancredo has tried to draw attention to the case since last month. This week, he enlisted Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colorado Springs, and 28 other colleagues in sending a letter protesting the State Department's approval of the pending extradition.

"Why is the department pursuing this case when Mr. Chapman was in communications and cooperating with U.S. and Mexican authorities before and throughout the entire period he was pursuing Mr. Luster?" the letter says. "Finally - and perhaps most importantly - why is Mr. Chapman being 'rewarded' for everything he has done for both the U.S. and Mexico by bringing Mr. Luster in with the prospect of serving jail time in Mexico?"

Chapman is no stranger to jail. In his 20s, he served about 18 months in a Texas prison in connection with a homicide. Chapman said he had nothing to do with the fatal shooting, although he was in the area and heard the gunshot.

Skills he honed in prison, combined with happenstance, led him into the bail bonds and bounty-hunting business. Now, with his company, Free As A Bird Bail Bonds, which is still operating in Colorado, he describes himself as "like a freak-of-nature convict gone good."

But he says all of that is at risk if he gets tossed into a Mexican jail, where he figures he'd meet up with plenty of violent criminals who have no love for fugitive hunters.

"This is the real deal. This is a life-threatening travesty," Chapman said. "What I worry about most is leaving my family and going to jail. There's no bucket of gold at the end of this rainbow. There's a cell."

A plea to 'Set the Dog Free'

"It seems that Mexican authorities are pressing this case only because they are so stung by the embarrassment of failing where Mr. Chapman succeeded."

- Letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice by Rep. Tom Tancredo and 29 other members of Congress

"I've had a lot more confidence when I saw Mr. Tancredo has 30 people signed up. When we retire, I'm heading to Washington, because I love this kind of stuff."

- Duane "Dog" Chapman, on Tancredo's effort on his behalf

Listen to the "Set the Dog Free" anthem at www.dogthebountyhunter.com/main.php