UPDATE: Dec. 30, 2015, 11:55 AM ET
HOUSTON (AP) — An official in Mexico says a teen fugitive from Texas known for using an “affluenza” defense has been granted a three-day delay in deportation.
An official with Mexico’s Migration Institute told Associated Press reporter E. Eduardo Castillo on Wednesday that 18-year-old Ethan Couch won a three-day court injunction.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he or she wasn’t authorized to be quoted by name.
Couch and his mother were scheduled to be sent back to the U.S. on Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear if his mother, Tonya Couch, also would be granted a delay.
Both had been scheduled to fly back to Houston after authorities said a phone call for pizza led to their capture in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta. They were being held at immigration offices in Guadalajara.
Couch’s attorneys did not immediately return calls for comment.
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$5 wager on “he can’t get a fair trial in Texas” excuse.
I really wonder how that Judge can even show his face in court after such an absurd decision, especially now that this brat has made a mockery of his decision. And if he would even have the audacity to stand for another term.
Hmmm - three days - sounds like just about enough time for the judge’s check to clear.
Nobody really noticed when the tide turned, and Rome’s greatness and power began its ebb into the long, slow slide to oblivion.
you beat me to it