USA authorities said the Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense, was in custody in Mexico, weeks after he and his mother disappeared.
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Tonya Couch, whose son Ethan remained in custody in Mexico, was in the custody of US Marshals as she got off a flight in Los Angeles, NBC News, CNN and other US news outlets reported.
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During Ethan Couch’s trial in juvenile court over the crash in 2013, a psychologist testified on his behalf that he was afflicted with “affluenza”, and was so spoiled by his wealth that he could not tell the difference between right and wrong. She is facing a charge of hindering apprehension, which is punishable by two to ten years in prison.
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The pair was discovered after ordering pizza from a cell phone in Mexico earlier in December, U.S. authorities were able to electronically track down the fugitive pair in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, after which local authorities arrested the pair.
They fled there after officials in Tarrant County, Texas, began an investigation into whether Ethan violated the probation deal that kept him out of prison after he killed four people with his pickup truck in 2013.
INSIDE EDITION has learned that Ethan Couch allegedly spent most of his time in the hotel room.
Authorities in Texas say they hope that Ethan Couch, whose case became notorious because of his legal team’s “affluenza” defense, will face adult justice whenever he returns home.
Agents from the prosecutors’ office went to the complex, where a tourism operator told them that the people who had occupied the condo were asked to vacate because the owners were coming to stay over Christmas, the report said.
Couch’s parents had their own history of legal episodes.
A Mexican immigration official says USA fugitive Ethan Couch is being transported from Guadalajara to larger immigration facilities in Mexico City.
A judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years’ probation and a stint in a rehabilitation center.
Federal and local authorities referred questions on Tonya Couch’s deportation to USA marshals, who led the cross-border hunt for Ethan Couch. “We do not know if the Mexicans have the highest priority on this case like we do here in America”, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Richard Hunter said.
The Mexican police report said when they were detained on Monday, the Couches behaved evasively, claimed to be carrying no IDs, gave inconsistent stories about their names and failed to provide proof of their legal migratory status in Mexico.
Arrested… Tonya Couch is handcuffed and escorted to a waiting vehicle after arriving in Los Angeles from Mexico.
Tonya Couch said the marriage ended because her husband had been verbally and physically abusive.
Authorities in Mexico have caught Ethan Couch, the teen who received only probation after killing four people while driving drunk in 2013.
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The stiffest punishment Ethan Couch can receive for fleeing the country while on probation is several months in jail, Wilson said Tuesday. Jordan said the timing of Couch’s return to Texas is contingent on when Los Angeles County schedules an extradition hearing.
