Who Will Let The Dog Out?

Duane Chap­man, aka Dog the Boun­ty Hunter, was arrest­ed ear­li­er today for vio­lat­ing Mex­i­can law while track­ing down a wealthy ser­i­al rapist.

I have to con­fess that I’m bummed. Boun­ty hunt­ing is a noble pro­fes­sion that helps our legal sys­tem func­tion more effec­tive­ly, and Dog was always enter­tain­ing. Plus I just learned that he’s the kid of an Assem­blies of God mis­sion­ary (Bar­bara Chap­man, whom I nev­er met and who is now deceased) which gives me a cer­tain kin­dred affec­tion for him.

I under­stand that he broke Mex­i­can law, but sure­ly there are high­er pri­or­i­ties for the Mex­i­can legal sys­tem than arrest­ing some­one who helps catch fugi­tives. Almost any­thing rather than devot­ing effort to extra­dit­ing an Amer­i­can boun­ty hunter for catch­ing a vile man who had done despi­ca­ble things.

The one thing about the reports so far that real­ly puz­zles me is that the Chap­mans evi­dent­ly broke bail them­selves. Maybe they know some­thing about the Mex­i­can legal sys­tem that I don’t, but giv­en their line of work that seems pret­ty stu­pid.