Runaway date rapist is captured by bounty hunters

RUNAWAY date rapist Andrew Luster jailed for 124 years in his absence was dramatically captured in a Mexican Pacific coast resort yesterday as he clashed with bounty hunters.

Max Factor heir Luster and five men were taken into custody at dawn after neighbours complained of a loud fight in the street, apparently when he tried to escape from the bounty hunters, said Puerto Vallarta official Roberto Ascencio Medina.

At least three of the men identified themselves as bounty hunters while the two others were members of a television camera crew, a US official said. Under Mexican law, arrests by bounty hunters are considered illegal kidnappings.