Headline Roundup December 29, 2015
Affluenza Teen Captured
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The Washington Post
Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager from a wealthy family sought by U.S. authorities after he disappeared earlier this month, has been detained in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, according to reports.
Fox News Digital
The hunt for an 18-year-old Texas man who had pleaded guilty in the drunk-driving deaths of four people, but avoided jail time by successfully claiming his family's affluence — or "affluenza" — was to blame, ended Monday night when Mexican authorities detained him and his mother in a popular resort city.
CNN Digital
The so-called "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch and his mother, who were being sought by Texas authorities, have been detained in the Pacific resort town town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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