{A fugitive who made headlines for using an “affluenza” defence after a fatal drink-driving crash has delayed his extradition from Mexico to the US.}<\/p>\n
A judge will now consider the deportation of Ethan Couch, 18. However, his mother has been flown back to the US, Mexican officials said.<\/p>\n
It follows their arrest in the country.<\/p>\n
Couch left Texas for Mexico after he allegedly broke probation. His lawyer had argued a privileged upbringing left him with no sense of responsibility.
\n‘Hindering an apprehension’<\/p>\n
An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for Couch after he failed to report to his probation officer.<\/p>\n
His disappearance came shortly after he had apparently been filmed at a party where people were consuming alcohol, police said.<\/p>\n
He could go to prison for up to 10 years if found to have violated his probation by drinking.<\/p>\n
His mother Tonya Couch faces charges of hindering an apprehension.<\/p>\n
She and her son planned their disappearance and even held a going-away party, said police.<\/p>\n
The pair travelled to the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, but were caught after a phone call for a takeaway pizza tipped off police.<\/p>\n
Tonya Couch was put on a plane from Guadalajara to Los Angeles because Mexican immigration authorities did not receive an injunction of the type that delayed her son’s deportation, an immigration official said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Mexican authorities are reported to have moved Couch to a detention facility in the capital Mexico City.<\/p>\n
Couch was on juvenile probation after killing four people in a drink-driving crash in 2013.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years’ probation and a stint in rehab.<\/p>\n
A psychologist at his trial successfully argued that his privileged upbringing – an unrecognised condition known as “affluenza” – meant his parents had not taught him a sense of responsibility.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:Ethan Couch: [US ‘affluenza’ runaway teen delays Mexico extradition
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