Ethan Couch, the "affluenza" teen convicted in a fatal 2013 drunken-driving accident who was taken into custody last month in Mexico, is headed back to the United States, Mexico's National Institute of Migration said.
He departed Mexico City International Airport on Thursday morning, en route to Dallas. He was to be received by U.S. authorities and is expected to face charges in the United States, the institute said.
Texas authorities have expressed outrage that Couch, who was sentenced to 10 years probation but no jail time, had gone AWOL.
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