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The Affluenza jerk is finally back in Texas — hitching a coach ride on a commercial Aeroméxico flight Thursday morning exactly a month after he was caught on the run in Mexico with his mother.

Ethan Couch was seen wearing a blue camo sweatshirt as he was escorted by three Mexican immigration officials onto a US-bound plane, which touched down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport around 11 a.m.

The 18-year-old Texas teen showed little emotion as he was hauled through the airport to a pickup truck, which brought him to a juvenile detention facility.

A detention hearing scheduled for Friday will determine whether his case will be upgraded to adult court after he violated his 10-year probation issued in 2013 following his drunk-driving accident that killed four people.

He could face up to 40 years in prison.

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Ethan Couch, known as the "affluenza" teen after he killed four people in a drunk driving incident in 2013, is seen at Mexico's National Institute of Migration before being driven to the international airport in this still image from a video provided by the Institute, in Mexico City, January 28, 2016.
Ethan Couch at Mexico's National Institute of Migration before being driven to the international airport on Jan. 28.Reuters
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He and and his mom, Tonya, were arrested in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Dec. 28 after a massive manhunt was launched two weeks earlier when he missed a probation check-in meeting.

While on the lam, Couch ran up an expensive tab at a Mexican strip club that he couldn’t afford to pay — causing him, once again, to run back to his mom to help bail him out of trouble.

Authorities were able to track the Couch’s after they ordered pizza from Domino’s from one of their cell phones.

Since he was arrested, Couch’s legal team has been fighting his extradition back to the US, but dropped their appeal Monday.

His mom was deported back to Texas Jan. 7, when she was formally charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. Her bond was initially $1 million, but was then knocked down to $75,000, which she posted on Jan. 12.

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