Bounty hunter case falters
From Times Wire Reports
A Mexican judge has ruled that the statute of limitations has expired on a criminal case against bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, but state prosecutors appealed, officials said.
Prosecutors will continue seeking Chapman’s extradition despite the July 27 ruling, said a Jalisco official.
Chapman was arrested in September by U.S. authorities on a Mexican warrant over his 2003 capture in Puerto Vallarta of fugitive convicted rapist and Max Factor heir Andrew Luster. Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
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