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'Affluenza' teen's mom took $30,000 before trip

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  FORT WORTH, Texas -- Law enforcement officials say the mother of a fugitive teen who invoked "affluenza" as a defense in a 2013 fatal drunken-driving accident took $30,000 from a bank account and cut ties with the boy's father before fleeing to Mexico.
 
   Tonya Couch and her son Ethan Couch were arrested in Mexico last month after he missed a meeting with his probation officer.
 
   The bank withdrawal, and Dec. 3 phone call telling Ethan Couch's father he'd never see them again, were documented in Tonya Couch's arrest warrant released Friday.
 
   She is being held in Tarrant County on $1 million bond on a charge of hindering apprehension of a felon.
 
   Ethan Couch remains in custody in Mexico after winning a delay on his deportation back to Texas, where he could face jail time.
 

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