‘Affluenza’ teen, mother detained in Mexico

He is wanted by authorities in Tarrant County, Texas for allegedly violating probation by leaving the county and not meeting his probation officer.

Police believe Couch might have fled because investigators wanted to ask him questions about a video posted on Twitter in November showing people at a party playing drinking games-one of them appeared to be Couch.

Authorities said a 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.

USA marshals joined the search for Couch on December 18.

Couch and his mother were taken into custody around 6 p.m. Monday evening in the coastal resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexican authorities told Telemundo.

Once they return to the U.S., Ethan Couch will appear in front of a juvenile judge and Tanya Couch will be charged with apprehending capture.

A photo of Couch with dark hair was released by Jalisco State authorities Tuesday morning.

Couch’s attorneys, Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn, said in a statement they won’t comment on the case until they speak with their client, which likely won’t happen before Couch reaches the U.S.

‘A reward of up to five thousand dollars is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of Couch’. Couch was also ordered to enter a “lock down” addiction treatment facility and not to drive or use alcohol or drugs for 10 years.

During Couch’s trial, Dr. G. Dick Miller testified on Couch’s behalf saying that Couch suffered from “affluenza”, which he defined as an inability to tell right from wrong due to his upbringing in an affluent family.

His lawyers argued that his parents should share some of the blame for the crash. The condition is not recognized as a medical diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, and its invocation drew widespread ridicule.

Prosecutors had requested that Couch be sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

After their detention, they were handed over to Mexican immigration authorities for deportation, the office said.

District Attorney Sharen Wilson has said it “certainly looks like” Couch in the video of the party, but added that without further investigation, the video alone doesn’t prove he violated his probation.

Drinking would be considered a violation of Couch’s probation, which if revoked could result in the teen being sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Anderson was among those critical of the judge’s decision not to incarcerate Couch.