Mexican authorities have detained so-called "Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch and his mother near the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta, officials briefed on the matter told CNN.
Couch went missing earlier this month, two years after he made national news when he was sentenced to probation for a drunken driving crash that killed four people. Ref. CNN
The parents were irresponsible to allow this child to kill people and then try to get him free. Now both the sun and mother will spend time in prison. Good work on the Mexican police.
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'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch lands in Texas to face charges
Youth whose lawyers claimed his affluent upbringing prevented him from understanding his responsibility for a fatal drunken-driving accident landed Thursday in Dallas, where he will face charges for violating parole. Ref. USAToday.
This has to be one of the most ridiculous cases in America's history. Kill a man get off free. Kill a man and break your parole. Let's see what he will get now that he has proven not to be worthy of all this nice treatment.
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Texas teen who used `affluenza' defense in deadly wreck gets nearly two years in jail.
Texas judge orders Ethan Couch to spend 720 days in jail as a condition for his continued probation for a 2013 drunken-driving crash that killed four people. Ref. USAToday.