'Affluenza teen' Ethan Couch caught in Mexico with mother: CNN

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Texas fugitive teen Ethan Couch has been detained alongside his mother in the city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, CNN reported late Monday night.

The 18-year-old from the Dallas-Forth Worth area went on the lam earlier this month while on probation for causing a drunken driving crash that killed four in 2013.

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The teen's legal team argued that he suffered from "affluenza" during his trial, which made national headlines.

Jalisco State Prosecutor's office has released an image of #EthanCouch - note his hair is now black. pic.twitter.com/sCY33zomYS — Joshua Hoyos (@JoshuaHoyos) December 29, 2015

Federal authorities including the FBI and U.S. Marshals had been on the hunt for Couch and his mother for weeks. CNN reports Couch is expected to be "turned over" to the U.S. Marshals, citing "officials" as sources.

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Puerto Vallarta is a popular tourist beach town of about 200,000 on the Pacific coastline in the state of Jalisco.

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