The general public affairs department of the district attorneys' workplace in Mexico's Jalisco state said 18-year-old Ethan Sofa and his mother, Tonya Sofa, 48, were detained in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta around 00 Monday. After their detention, they were handed over to Mexican immigration authorities for deportation, the declaration said.
That workplace stated in a statement that they were apprehended when they couldn't show they were in Mexico legally, were in the hands of Mexican migration authorities, and would be gone back to the
Authorities started looking for the pair after Ethan Sofa failed to keep a compulsory consultation with his probation officer on Dec. 10.
When authorities wanted to his house, nobody existed, reports CBS Dallas.
The juvenile equivalent of an arrest warrant was then issued for him.
Tarrant County (Texas) Constable Dee Anderson has stated he thinks the two fled in late November after a video appeared that appears to show Sofa at a party where individuals were drinking. If it's determined he was drinking, Couch's probation might be withdrawed and he could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
A representative for the Tarrant County Constable's Department has actually decreased to say whether Tonya Sofa is facing any charges.
There was no instant remark Monday night from the Marshals Service, which had provided a wanted poster guaranteeing a benefit of up to $5,000 for info resulting in Sofa's location and capture.
In June 2013, at age 16, Ethan Couch was driving drunk and speeding on a dark two-lane roadway south of Fort Worth when he crashed into a handicapped SUV off to the side, killing 4 individuals and injuring numerous others, consisting of passengers in Sofa's pickup.
Couch pleaded guilty to 4 counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication attack triggering severe bodily injury. Due to the fact that of his age, he wasn't licensed as an adult for trial and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to One Decade' probation and a stint in a rehab center.
Throughout the sentencing phase of his trial, Couch's lawyers count on a defense professional who argued that Couch's wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility - a condition the expert described "affluenza." The condition is not acknowledged as a medical diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, and its invocation drew extensive ridicule.
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