They didn’t set a trap. They didn’t take the law into their own hands. And it sounds like they called the police before they went to intercept their daughter. They believed this pervert had their daughter in his car and tried to keep him from leaving with her. They did NOTHING wrong, morally, legally, or otherwise.
Read comment #51.
In all fairness, none of that was mentioned in the article, and Joe was commenting only on what was in the article posted, long before post 51 showed up.
"As Guzman waited in his car, police say five or six of the girl's family members walked up and began attacking him and his vehicle. "
Certainly this suggests some level of entrapment or ambush, and the exigent circumstances that were later alluded to by the mother were not evident in the original story. I did read the link at #51, and it reads, "The girls relatives were not arrested, but police are looking into possible charges."
Certainly, I would not begrudge any family the right to take immediate action to protect one of its own...I think it's evident from my original post that I hope none of the family members get in trouble for getting physical with this guy...that that notion seems to have been lost on so many is quite frankly a bit exasperating to me.
If indeed the family found out about their daughter's plans and went rushing to her aid after notifying the police, then certainly, there should not be any issues...if however, the family was aware of, or even set up the meeting, then went after him (having secured their daughter), then that's another story. From the accounts I've read so far, the exact circumstances are a bit cloudy at present...
The very last thing I'd want to see is a family member getting in more trouble than the scumbag who lured the daughter.
You can bet that if she did, that is a game changer in this case, and his lawyer will then have a field day with this girls family.
You can bet every word she typed to him on that adult web site will be scrutinized. It was a social networking web site, which on I don't know. many of them make you click on a disclaimer saying you have to be 18 years old to use it.
None of that means the family did anything wrong from their point of view, but it sure could from his and his lawyers.
We'll just have to wait and see to be certain.