Police: Man sold teen daughter into marriage for cash, beer, meat

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/daughter.for.sale/ ^ | CNN

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(CNN) -- A California man sold his 14-year-old daughter to an 18-year-old man for cash, beer and meat -- then called police when the prospective bridegroom didn't live up to his end of the deal, authorities said Tuesday.

Marcelino de Jesus Martinez faces felony charges, according to police in Greenfield, California.

Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, of Greenfield, California, was arrested Monday and booked into the Monterey County Jail, Greenfield police said in a statement. He faces felony charges of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate, police said.

Martinez had arranged through a third party to have his daughter marry the older teenager, identified by authorities as Margarito de Jesus Galindo, of Gonzales, California. In exchange, Galindo was to pay Martinez $16,000 and provide him with 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, two cases of wine, and six cases of meat, Greenfield Police Chief Joe Grebmeier told CNN.

All those involved in the case are from the western Mexican state of Oaxaca, the police chief said. In the Oaxacan community, such an agreement is "normal and honorable," he said. "In California, it's against the law."

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Marcelino de Jesus Martinez

Yet another U.S. Government approved immigrant.

[savedbygrace]

If you’re gonna negotiate for 160 cases of beer, you’d better specify the brand or you’ll get some really bad stuff, man.

[blam]

"would it be racist of me to say the beer was probably Corona?"

It's certainly some type of profiling and illegal to even think.

[WOBBLY BOB]

dad claimed his daughter was a ‘cut above the rest’ .

[OneWingedShark]

>I hate to disagree but it sounds like the groom failed to pay the brideprice. It is against the law in California, but it isn’t the moral outrage that many are thinking.

I agree with you; brideprices, dowries, status and so forth have been considerations/factors in marriage, even in western culture, for far longer than hey haven’t.

[KoRn]

Sounds like a fair deal.

[martin_fierro]

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NOT GUILTY!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Something about family values and the rio grande, although the particulars escape me.

El multiculturalismo es muy divertido!

[rockinqsranch]

I think this is terribly sad. Sad that the young lady of 14 years isn’t considered more than merchandise to be sold, or bartered.

This is disgusting.

[Pylon]

I would ask for a real beer instead of Corona, like Dos XX.

[Roscoe Karns]

[cajuncow]

Waiting for the government-dependent dependent to be born.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

Sold? Sounds like a dowery to me.

[DTogo]

Selling the daughters no Americans are willing to sell.

[JRios1968]

[I see my hands]

Innocent.

[WesternPacific]

A lot of parents would have paid him to take their 14 year old daughter.

[paul51]

All those involved in the case are from the western Mexican state of Oaxaca, the police chief said. In the Oaxacan community, such an agreement is "normal and honorable," he said. "In California, it's against the law."

For all intents and purposes, Greenfield in Salinas Valley is Mexico

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Indeed.

And beyond sickening.

[pennyfarmer]

Neither of those beers are actually “Mexican”. They are actually Vienna Lagers.

If I were looking for a Mexican alcoholic drink I would go with a nice tequila. Something worth dirtying a glass for.