Mexican authorities have detained so-called “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother near the popular Mexican Pacific beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta, officials briefed on the matter told CNN.
Couch went missing earlier this month, two years after he made national news when he was sentenced to probation for a drunken driving crash that killed four people. His lawyer argued he suffered from “affluenza” because he was raised in such a wealthy environment that he never learned to take responsibility for his actions.
Couch is expected to be turned over to U.S. Marshals, who have spent weeks searching for him.
He is wanted by authorities in Tarrant County, Texas, for allegedly violating probation. His mother was listed by Texas authorities as a missing person after her son’s disappearance, and the authorities said they believed she was assisting her son.