'Affluenza' teenager Ethan Couch flown back to Texas to face charges
Source: The Guardian and agencies
The Texas teenager who used affluenza as a defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident has been taken to the Mexico City airport and placed on a commercial flight to Texas, according to the Mexican immigration institute.
Ethan Couch, 18, is due to face charges in the US.
A video released by the immigration institute on Thursday showed Couch escorted by four agents from a detention center and on to a plane. The flight left Mexico City international airport at 8.50am local time, according to the Associated Press.
Couch formally dropped his appeal against deportation on Monday.
I gave him several options but he decided to go to Texas to face whatever charges he faces, said Fernando Benítez, Couchs attorney.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/28/affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-returns-texas-charges
Ellen Brait in New York and agencies
Thursday 28 January 2016 17.09 GMT
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Source: Reuters
'Affluenza' teen back in Texas after being deported from Mexico
MEXICO CITY/FORT WORTH, TEXAS | BY ANAHI RAMA AND MARICE RICHTER
The American teenager derided for a defense of "affluenza" in the killing four people while driving drunk arrived back in Texas on Thursday after being deported from Mexico.
Ethan Couch, 18, was seen with his hands behind his back being escorted by uniformed officers through the airport.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-affluenza-idUSKCN0V621H
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)sdfernando
(4,935 posts)when i think about our justice system. Sure, the kid should not have been locked up for life but a few years in some kind of detention was justified.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)spend some SERIOUS time behind bars. If that had been my family that was killed, I would see to it!!!
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Those are my convictions and my beliefs and I will stand my ground and I...won't. Back down.
Won't back down.
He is a quadruple murderer. He is unrepentant and should be executed.
christx30
(6,241 posts)and the more breaks he gets, the less convinced that you are wrong.
I still think Jean Boyd needs to be investigated. She gave Couch 10 years probation. A young black defendant came before her on a dui that killed one person. The black defendant got 20 years in prison.
Judge Boyd retired a year after Couch's case.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And a good, swift beating.
rladdi
(581 posts)charged.