'Affluenza' Mom Tonya Couch Set For Extradition Hearing
Prosecutors were expected to ask that Tonya Couch, 38, be extradited to Texas. Couch was deported from Mexico and flown to Los Angeles early Thursday morning.
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Prosecutors were expected to ask that Tonya Couch, 38, be extradited to Texas. Couch was deported from Mexico and flown to Los Angeles early Thursday morning.
The mother of "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch is expected in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday for an extradition hearing.
Close to the southern tip of Texas, a border wall suddenly ends. Its final post sits in a dry cornfield, half a mile from the nearest bend in the Rio Grande river, the actual border with Mexico.
Lawyers for a Texas teen who cited 'affluenza' as a defense in a deadly drunk driving wreck may be attempting to stall his deportation to the United States by claiming that Mexican authorities violated his human rights.
The mother of fugitive Texas teen Ethan Couch, known for using an 'affluenza' defense in a fatal drunk driving accident, has been returned to the U.S. from Mexico minus her son, whose deportation was delayed by a Mexican judge.
The pair had retained counsel in Mexico and filed paperwork to stop deportation.
While Ethan Couch is a fugitive no more -- he will not be returning to Texas today. The so-called "affluenza" teen was expected to be deported from Mexico, but officials in Tarrant County say that isn't happening.
The question today is -- what's next for Ethan Couch? It was less than 12 hours ago when the so-called "affluenza" teen was detained in Mexico.
Mexican authorities are confirming it was a pizza delivery that ultimately blew the lid off of Ethan Couch and his mother's secret hide out in the heart of Puerta Vallarta.
According to Mexican authorities, "Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch has been caught near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico along with his mother Tonya Couch.
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