Just a couple of weeks after a Mexican judge threw out charges against American TV star Duane 'Dog' Chapman, the U.S. Office Of International Affairs has issued an order not to release his bail bond.

The Dog The Bounty Hunter star escaped charges earlier this month (Aug07) relating to a June 2003 incident in Mexico, during which he planned to capture a serial rapist in Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast.

However, Chapman fell foul of the Mexican legal system by embarking on the mission, because bounty hunting is illegal in the country. Chapman, his son Leland and colleague Tim Chapman - no relation - were charged with deprivation of liberty after their success, and were detained in a local prison for two weeks before Chapman jumped bail and fled to the U.S.

But, despite now being free to roam Mexico, the U.S. Office Of International Affairs has announced it needs "more time" to look at Chapman's case, so is holding onto his bail bond of $300,000, which was set in September

2006 when U.S. Marshals arrested Chapman at the request of the Mexican government.

Leland Chapman and Tim Chapman are each free on bonds of $100,000.

Chapman and his wife Beth tell website TMZ, "We love this country (America), and are proud to be Americans, so this is absolutely devastating that we can now roam free in Mexico, but not in our own country."

 

 

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