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It. i. >> thank you for joining us. >> the so-called affluenza team could be in mexico for a while. ethan couch avoided prison after killing four people while driving drunk, and now there's word he may accuse officials of violating his human rights. you're kidding. we'll have a live report next. this is brad.
Their return to the u.s. mexican authorities caught the pair in this department around 6:00 p.m. monday in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. and his hair died black, they believe to avoid capture. this butcher says the teenager paid cash and seemed nervous. police say the pair did not resist arrest. now investigators are racing to find out if they had help in what the sheriff calls a premeditated escape in this pickup truck, from fort worth, ending up some 960 miles away in puerto vallarta. >> they basically had a gathering before they left and, you know, kind of characterized it as ...
Again, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we have more breaking news this morning. just moments ago, we learned the so-called affluenza teenager and his mother, they are fighting their return to the united states. ethan couch and his mother, we thought they would be back in texas as soon as this morning. we have been told that repeatedly by officials in the united states and mexico. this after they were arrested in puerto vallarta on monday. we have some new video to show you. it shows the mother and son inside a store sometime before their capture. the 18-y...
People while driving drunk, he was blonde and clean-shaven, 16 years old. he got off with a light sentence, no prison, rehab and probation, after his lawyers argued his client was too rich and too spoiled to know right from wrong. it sparked a lot of outrage. after this video recently surfaced apparently showing couch at a beer pong party. he vanished. his probation officer couldn't reach him. an arrest warrant was issued two weeks ago for allegedly violating his probation. his mother, tonya couch, also facing charges now. the prosecutors office said today they will be deported to the u.s. it ...
Four people. >> reporter: as for his mother, she faces a charge of aiding and abetting a felon. she could spend up to ten years behind bars. >> her entire focus has been on protecting ethan. her entire focus has been on making sure he didn't see any justice done, making sure he was notabilitible. >> reporter: the two-week international man hunt for the pair ended here at this apartment complex in puerto vallarta. this butcher told nbc that ethan couch had come into a shop. he noticed couch's hair dyed black and said the teen looked nervous and suspicious. couch's case drew worldwide attention ...