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‘Affluenza’ mom back from Mexico; teen son not
Tonya Couch was escorted through Los Angeles worldwide airport in handcuffs after her deportation from Mexico, where she was found living in a beach resort with her son, Ethan, in violation of his probation.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Lawyers for a Texas teen who cited “affluenza” as a defense in a deadly drunken-driving wreck may be attempting to stall his deportation to the United States by claiming that Mexican authorities violated his human rights, according to legal experts. Both were taken into custody Monday, Dec. 28, after authorities said a phone call for pizza led to their capture in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. If he violates probation again, he could face up to 10 years in prison per death, Wilson said. She is scheduled to appear in Tarrant County court on January 14. Couch was deported from Mexico and was flown to Los Angeles early Thursday morning.
Greg Coontz, a Burleson, Texas, attorney representing the family of one of the victims of the crash, said Tuesday that his clients looked forward to seeing the Couches face the consequences of their actions.
“While the public may not like what she did, may not agree with what she did, or may have strong feelings against what she did, make no mistake – Tonya did not violate any law of the State of Texas and she is eager to have her day in court”.
Tonya Couch and her son, Ethan, allegedly fled to Mexico in November.
Treaties between the US and Mexico say that Mexican authorities have to respect Couch’s warrant in the USA, so unless he files for asylum, he will not be able to stay in Mexico indefinitely, said Aldo Salazar, a Texas attorney also licensed to practice in Mexico.
Richard Taylor is the acting U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Texas.
Ethan Couch, 18, is shown in this handout photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department in Fort Worth, Texas, December 17, 2015.
If the judge declines to transfer Couch to adult court, Wilson will ask that his probation be revoked, in which case he could be held in a juvenile facility until his sentence expires when he turns 19 next April.
It is now believed that the 18-year-old fled the country in late November with his mom, after video surfaced of him at a party where teens were playing beer pong. Authorities must go through the Uniform Extradition Act to get Tonya Couch back to Tarrant County.
She is being held with out bail in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and can be transferred to Texas, stated Los Angeles police spokeswoman Jane Kim.
Ricardo Ariel Vera, the representative of Mexico’s immigration institute in Jalisco state, said the mother and son were being held at immigration offices in Guadalajara and would be returned to the United States aboard a commercial flight to Houston.
That official tells AP reporter Mark Stevenson that a judge has agreed to hear arguments on Couch’s appeal. The mother of the fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunk…
Ethan Couch said his parents had always “yelled at each other a lot”, and he wished that they “wouldn’t put him in the middle”.
On Aug. 10, Tonya Couch sold her 3,964-square-foot house at 1719 Burleson Retta Road in Burleson, deed records show.
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Federal and local authorities referred questions on Tonya Couch’s deportation to US marshals, who led the cross-border hunt for Ethan Couch.