The infamous “affluenza” teen and his mother had a gun with them as they hid out in a Mexico resort, two staff at a Puerto Vallarta hotel told Reuters.
Ethan Couch and his mother Tonya were caught Monday in Puerto Vallarta after skipping the country amid the 18-year-old’s probation violations. Couch was on 10 years of probation after successfully invoking an “affluenza” defense while on trial for a 2013 drunken-driving crash that killed four people.
The two left a gun in a drawer at the Los Tules hotel after changing rooms during their Dec. 20-25 stay, the hotel staffers told Reuters.
The staff said the black and silver revolver was returned to the pair. The Couches paid in cash and had aimed to stay longer, but the rooms they wanted were all booked up after Christmas, the staff added.
The Couches were later captured at a nearby apartment.









